Puffs

Seems like “Deja vu all over again,” as Yogi Berra like to say.

I’m talking about our trip home from Hastings last Wednesday afternoon.

We were still a ways north on Show Boat Road when we saw a dark cloud hugging the earth east-southeast of Lawrence. It was darker than other clouds in the sky and seemed to be coming from a specific place. We thought maybe we were seeing a repeat of that prairie fire of just several weeks ago.

We watched it all the way home as it seemed dust and smoke were being blown northeast. Once in Lawrence we noticed the fire department was not out . . . so we wondered w...