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Amanda Mayflower

About Me

I got called weird at Burning Man. I love guns, pianos, old houses. Anything with history. Bluegrass woke my soul up and renegade marching bands gave me purpose. Thank god, you beautiful people. Thank you all.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:



Outlaws, gun owners, wild-west enthusiasts, cowboys and cowgirls.

My Blog

just a little taste of the past few weeks

Spring seems to be in full swing and so I gots to keep moving. After a month on the island of Kauai (yes, in Hawaii) I decided to take a trip down to good old New Orleans. Although it was hard to brea...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 09:38:00 GMT

Chasing Annie Oakley: warm gun in my hand (part 4)

I was driving west across Kansas on HWY 54, long after it parts from 400. Over Crooked Creek, past Greensburg and the Dalton Gang Hideout in Meade. Accompanied by Cowboy Ronnie (bona fide for sure) an...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:21:00 GMT

Chasing Annie Oakley: two for the price of one (part 3)

It was Winfield (bluegrass at the lake), and the hillbillies I was associating with. They taught me to be free and slow, shooting craps and writing songs. Problem-solving any situation just for someth...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:19:00 GMT

here--> DENVER

Yes, its truly a miracle, a marvel of modern technology that Kacy and I made it to Denver with just a few minutes past 8. Hitting up Lannies Clocktower Cabaret- all red and green and gold for the holi...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:27:00 GMT

Chasing Annie Oakley: shoot it like youre Calamity Jane (part 2)

On the occasion of my 23rd birthday, a lot of great things happened. I spent the day on the Hinz Farm, north and east of Wichita a ways, dancing to bluegrass music at String Break- a fundraiser and aw...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:29:00 GMT

Chasing Annie Oakley: how I came to meet the gun (part 1)

There's a rumor going around the office that guns are becoming more popular. Some think it's the economic crisis: a man's got to have some way to protect his house from being repossessed.  Others...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:58:00 GMT

Profile: Grim Knitters

You know you've landed in the era of post-feminism, pre-menopause when you walk into a bar and find a group of folks knitting stuffed animals shaped like eyeballs and shrunken heads. It's not so much ...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:44:00 GMT

Street Wise Seamstress: Stacy Rink

"There is a forward movement going on in Wichita and I think its helping that there are younger artists that are trying to get established in this city and kind of open it up a little bit" Stacy Rink...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:54:00 GMT

Fashion Sense of Humor: Cella Blue

It's right before the White Ghost Shivers performance at Rack Em Up. Friday the 13th  of June to be exact. As the Calamity Cubes finish their set, Cella Blue and I sit in the hot van that brought...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:39:00 GMT

Femin-em-in-em

When I say the word feminism, what kind of images come to mind? Are they positive, negative or otherwise benign? Do you imagine Rosie the Riveter, bra-burners, perhaps your mother? ..:namespace prefix...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:18:00 GMT