Flyover People Daily News

U.S. 59 between Ottawa and Lawrence

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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: TO BALDWIN CITY AND BEYOND It was two weeks before the 151st anniversary of statehood, but it felt like Kansas Day to me. Dave and I were in the car, white stripes slipping behind us as we drove eastbound. Ahhh. The blue sky, the open [...]

columns, history, traveling, vittles

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: The floor of my kindergarten classroom. DESULTORY THOUGHTS Rain overnight brightened the winter wheat. Some might say that the present color of wheat is emerald green. But when I see those winter fields, I’m reminded of green Crayolas, those thick, seemingly unbreakable crayons that fit [...]

columns, life on the ground, traveling

In September, heading home from Colorado, Dave and I stopped at the Kansas Travel Information Center at milepost 7 along Interstate 70. I’d often heard about this travel center and was looking forward to checking in with the fine folks here. But, we got there before they opened for the morning.

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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE As we approached Pueblo, Colorado, I pictured all of the stress of the past few months as a ball of pink yarn. One end of that imaginary ball of yarn I left in Emporia, and I could visualize a thin pink [...]

Art, columns, life on the ground, out of state, traveling, vittles

On the way to Colorado earlier this month, Dave and I stopped for dinner at the famous Pho Hoa One in Garden City. This restaurant was in the top 24 of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Cuisine contest sponsored by the Kansas Sampler Foundation. It’s in a nondescript building off of a parking lot, at [...]

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Last Saturday when I was in Newton for a book reading/signing, friend and fellow author Beverley Buller took me out to lunch at Karen’s Kitchen. It’s more than a restaurant, it’s a coffee shop, a hang-out place. The blackboard has a list of upcoming musical guests I had the black bean wrap and it was [...]

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Dave and I were southbound today and our hungriness kicked in right before Howard, the county seat of Elk County. So, we stopped at Toot’s Drive-In. Dave had a double hamburger and fries. I haven’t had a burger since March, but had one today. It was a satisfying meal.

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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ALONG THE WAY One of the reasons people take road trips is to see what’s going on in the rest of the world. Most of us desire, crave, new scenery. For those of us who live, work and spend most of our time in one [...]

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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Quivira National Wildlife Refuge TOURING STAFFORD COUNTY March had a hard time kicking the cold weather habit. I’ve worn long-sleeved shirts for so many months now that I’ve forgotten what my arms look like. On March 26, as Dave and I hit the highway for [...]

landscape, seasons, small towns, traveling

Old playbills are on display on the second floor of the Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia.

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