Dave and I stopped in at the Strecker-Nelson Art Gallery in downtown Manhattan today. The current show which opened last week at the Strecker-Nelson is 2012: Faith, Magic, Love and Death, Cautionary Tales of the End Time. It’s a traveling art show and has landed here for awhile. I’m crazy about the pieces made by [...]
The Louis Vieux family cemetery is near Belvue in Pottawatomie County. The story. A few years back, my friend Frank Thompson created an incredible blog post on this place: Little Vermillion Crossing on the Oregon Trail. Check it out.
Pottawatomie County. Off in the distance, along the horizon to the left, is the Jeffrey Energy Center, where they turn coal into electricity.
I asked Erika Nelson what the nails on the saddles were for. She said, “Large drunk man deterrent.” More than once, she’s returned to her truck and found it either being climbed on or vandalized. The cage which was later constructed helps keep people out and the nails help, too, I’m sure.
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST For a while now, I had been hoping to interview Erika Nelson – because she drives a vehicle with dinosaurs tarred onto the hood, has taxidermy forms in her living room, and because she seems like one of the coolest kids [...]
A gorgeous place, Pottawatomie County Ah, Kansas, I’ve missed you. The past few months, I’ve been incredibly busy. Lots of commitments, obligations, work to do. Plus, I’m trying to co-write a book. Lately, I’ve just been so tired of having something to do every minute of every day. I goof off 10 minutes here and [...]
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