Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN At age 65, Kansan Waldo McBurney began running. When he was 88, he started running competitively. In 2003 at age 100, McBurney won four gold medals in the World Masters Athletic Championships in Puerto Rico. He not [...]
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette. HEAVEN: CLOSER THAN WE THINK Because my blog focuses on the Sunflower State, I receive emails not only from Kansans, but also from former residents who miss waking up to a good old Kansas sunrise. And then every once in a while, I hear from [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you dear Readers We here at Flyover People World Headquarters thank you sincerely you for your continued presence here and for all of your delightful insights and comments through the year. You’re the best. Today, I’m sending you over to visit my friend Tom Parker at Blue Rapids. Tom has [...]
The authors of “Hidden Gold: Lost treasure in the Flint Hills,” Don Pady and Ken Ohm, sent me a copy of their new novel this week. Haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but will soon. The Topeka Capital Journal had an article about the authors and their book in today’s paper: Topeka authors [...]
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ‘MY RUBY SLIPPERS’ “I grew up in a family that was extremely mobile,” Tracy Seeley said. “We were a very unsettled family. And my parents weren’t from Kansas. I did most of my growing up in Wichita, but we never felt, really, as if we [...]
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Have you just cleaned out a relative’s home and have found yourself with vintage fabric that’s too good to throw away, but you don’t know what to do with? Do you have stacks of your mother’s or grandmother’s fabric that you’ll never use? Have any old feedsacks lying around the house? Well, I have a [...]
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Ron Wilson stands next to the photo of Huck Boyd which hangs in Wilson’s office at K-State. A KANSAS PROFILE Every week for the past 20 years, Ron Wilson has written a Kansas Profile, a positive story about Kansas and Kansans. As director of [...]
The man himself. Louis Copt’s show, “Kansas Landscapes,” will be on exhibit at the Emporia Arts Center through July 23. Since our house doesn’t have a fireplace, perhaps I could install one of Louie’s fire paintings on our wall this winter to make the house feel warmer.
Tonight, at the Lyon County Historical Museum, Kevin Rabas read from Spider Face, his brand new collection of short stories. Kevin Rabas has also published two volumes of poetry: Bird’s Horn, and Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano. Check out Kevin’s website to learn more about his books or to purchase them. Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano won [...]
The riders who have their butts on a bike seat since 6 a.m. have been crossing the finish line this evening in the Dirty Kanza 200 – as in 200 miles through the Flint Hills. Heard that some of them may have had a little run-in with some weather in Morris County. People wait with [...]
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