Agnes by Tony Cochran for March 08, 2025

look who’s talking about “garbage like this”!

When I was a Cub Scout in the 1950s, there was an annual kite building contest. Dad enjoyed helping me with those projects. One year we built a box kite that was over 6 feet tall!

What happened to Agnes’s vision? I’ve never seen her want to quit this early in the game

My first kite was a “box kite” made from balsam sticks and brown paper from bags.

Some string might help, too.

Don’t forget the tails made of ripped up T-shirts

Nothing compared to the garbage on TV.

Wind is all you need. Agnes is full of it.

My one and only experience with kites was attending a kite-flying demo on a cruise ship (with, of course, kites for sale), The instructor’s kite instantly flew straight into the ocean. End of demo. No kite sales.

I actually took a college class in kite making. (You know, art, design and stuff.) I made a parafoil out of rip stop nylon. It was a cool way to spend most of the afternoon outside for credit. :)

trout had to go to the dollar store ’cause there was nothing useful in the dumpster…