Friday, December 31, 2021

Painter

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Thursday, December 30, 2021

Blue Chair, Night Scene

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Numbers

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Evidence of Aircraft

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Jennifer Lapka, Founder of Rightfully Sewn

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Kansas City Fashion Week.

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@RightfullySewn


Monday, December 27, 2021

Light Fixture With Garland

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Sunday, December 26, 2021

Shane Borth: Violinist, Violist, Composer, Music Director

This is Shane performing with Quixotic.

He also performs with Ekho Duo, and Ziggy and the Neptunes.

Photograph © 2021 Larry F. Levenson.

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@QuixoticFusion 


Saturday, December 25, 2021

Sunset

Self-portrait.

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Sunrise

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Friday, December 24, 2021

Ice Skater On A Warm Day

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Holiday Candle

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Vietnam Veteran

#SerendipitousConversations #AfricanAmericansInCombat #MilitaryVeteran

The gentleman standing behind me in line wore a cap bearing the words, "Vietnam Veteran". 

Showing respect for his military service, I suggested he take my place in line, and I would go behind him.

He eventually agreed, and we talked.

He lost his community-college student deferment in 1968, and was drafted into the Army. He served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970.

It was an interesting and pleasant interaction, and a good way to start my day.

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Ashley Barron: Singer, Songwriter

#WomenYouShouldKnow 

Homegrown, relatable, passionate country music.

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@AshleyBarronOfficial


Wednesday, December 22, 2021

The Kansas City Symphony

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@KCSymphony


Monday, December 20, 2021

Skating

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Saturday, December 18, 2021

Fashion

#WomenYouShouldKnow

Designer Laura Citron (l), and social-media fashion maven Brittany @Wheatnsea.

Kansas City Fashion Week.

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@byLauraCitron

President Andrew Jackson

By the end of his presidency, Andrew Jackson had signed into law nearly 70 Indian-removal treaties.

Approximately 50,000 indigenous people in the Southeast were moved to Indian Territory, the dry plains west of the Mississippi River, but excluding Missouri, Iowa, and The Territory of Arkansas.

Thousands died en route.

This purge opened millions of acres of fertile land east of the Mississippi to white settlers.

Indian Territory was vast, however the government intended the Native Americans' destination to be a more confined area - what would become eastern Oklahoma.

Photograph © Larry F. Levenson. 

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Friday, December 17, 2021

Senator Ulysses Lee "Rip" Gooch

"From a poor child in the 1920's South, to a successful aviator and Senator, Ulysses Lee "Rip" Gooch's story in one of struggle and triumph."   

Senator Gooch passed November 24, 2021, at the age of 98.

He was the subject of my 88-minute video project.

Please visit From the Bottom on Facebook for a 3-minute preview. The video quality is inferior on Facebook.

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

Skating

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Lucy Wells Coulson

#WomenYouShouldKnow

It was Lucy Wells Coulson and I in a quiet ballroom, prior to the Kansas City Ballet Nutcracker Ball in 2014.

Photograph © 2014 Larry F. Levenson. 

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@KC.Ballet


Carlton Bost: Guitarist, Berlin

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@BerlinOfficialBand



Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Percussion - "Perpetual Change"

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A Disfigured Exit Sign

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Quixotic

#WomenYouShouldKnow

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@QuixoticFusion 


Runway Fashion Model

#WomenYouShouldKnow 

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Monday, December 13, 2021

Wilted Plants

There were 19 of these wilted plants at Walmart this morning.

I picked up a one-gallon jug of water from a different department, watered the plants, paid for my empty jug at the self-checkout, and left.

You're welcome, Walmart.

Photograph © 2021 Larry F. Levenson.

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Cliff Illig, Cerner Corporation

In the 1960's, Cliff Illig was a teenager working part-time loading punch cards into computers at this father's company.

When his Prairie Village, Kansas, high school began offering computer classes, Cliff took one of the first classes offered.

After earning a university degree in accounting and business administration, he worked for Arthur Andersen & Co., the accounting firm.

In 1979, he and two co-workers met at a park, where they developed and wrote a business plan for their vision of a new healthcare software company.

That company would become Cerner Corporation.

Later in 1979, the three left Arthur Andersen & Co., and acquired an Oklahoma hospital as their first client in 1980.

Cerner software technology automates clinical information, and digitizes medical records to support and connect healthcare providers with patient information.

Photograph © 2019 Larry F. Levenson.

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@CernerCorporation

 

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Ice Skating

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Saturday, December 11, 2021

Pastoral-Kansas Christmas

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#ChristmasInKansas  


Friday, December 10, 2021

KC Comfort Food Band

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#KCComfortFoodBand


Table Top

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

Nicole Springer, Musician

#WomenYouShouldKnow

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@NicoleSpringerSings 


Tap Truck KC

1946 Ford Panel Van, with historic bullet holes.

Photograph © 2021 Larry F. Levenson.

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@TapTruckKC  


Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Portrait Of A Man

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Parking-structure Sunrise

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#Sunrise #Dawn


Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Form Mannequins

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Monday, December 6, 2021

Emmett Till Case Closed For Second Time

Today, the United States Department of Justice closed the Emmett Till murder case. 

This case was originally closed years ago. The late Alvin Sykes, pictured, engineered the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act, creating a cold-case component within the United States Justice Department. Crimes committed in the pre-civil rights era were able to be reopened. 

Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American in 1955, when he was murdered for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. 

His tortured body was recovered from a river. His mother made a significant decision: The casket was open at the funeral, which was attended by thousands of people.

An all-white jury found two white men not guilty. Later, with double-jeopardy protection, the men admitted murdering Emmett. 

Emmett's death is credited for initiating the civil rights movement in the United States.

Mr. Sykes dropped out of high school in the tenth grade. He used the public library to educate himself, and he began sitting in on courtroom trials to learn the law. 

He had been active for decades, helping solve racially-motivated murders. 

Photograph © 2018 Larry F. Levenson. 

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#CivilRights 

KC Wolf

KC Wolf is a tireless, entertaining asset to The Kansas City Chiefs.

Photograph © 2021 Larry F. Levenson. 

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#Q104KC #Chiefs #KCWolf


 

Lars Groce, The Zeros

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@TheZerosKC 


Sunday, December 5, 2021

Quixotic

#WomenYouShouldKnow

Pre-performance stretching.

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@QuixoticFusion  


Red Suede Shoes

When I wear these shoes, the Kansas City Chiefs prevail on game day.

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Saturday, December 4, 2021

Fashion Model

#WomenYouShouldKnow

Kansas City Fashion Week, 2021.

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@KC_FashionWeek 

Hanukkah Menorah, 2021

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Cloth Napkins

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Friday, December 3, 2021

Bartender Appreciation Day

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@Verdigris.bar 


Chris Thompson, Bass Player

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@ChrisThompson_KCBass,  #Fender


Thursday, December 2, 2021

Tiffany, CHERRY BOMB

#WomenYouShouldKnow

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@CherryBomb_Rocks 


Michael McQuary Sketched Me

At Quality Hill Playhouse's "Encore!" extravaganza, Michael McQuary entertained guests by quickly, and expertly, sketching their portrait.

Michael surprised me with this. 

He did an exceptional job capturing me as I worked.

@TheQHP @MMcQuary