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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 [...]

traveling, vittles

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.

traveling, vittles

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 [...]

columns, Kansans, Kansas Explorers, small towns, traveling

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.

history, traveling

Lourdes Park at the Sisters of St. Joseph Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia. This grotto in Concordia was built to resemble Our Lady of Lourdes grotto in France. This one in Concordia was designed and built by Edward J. Koenig of Chicago in 1916.

places, small towns, traveling

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Brown Grand Theatre A TOUR OF CONCORDIA Although I had long wanted to visit Concordia, an invitation to hold a book-signing there was what finally got me to Cloud County. Susie Haver and Tammy Britt enthusiastically promote local attractions from the Cloud County Tourism office [...]

columns, traveling, vittles

The 1888 Trego County Courthouse. WaKeeney.

courthouses, small towns, traveling

This T-Rex scared the snot out of me. I was alone on the path in the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays and this guy came to life. I knew I had triggered some sort of sensor a minute earlier when the screeching of birds began, but I didn’t expect the T-Rex to come [...]

history, nature, traveling

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ALONG INTERSTATE 70 Walter P. Chrysler was a man from small-town Kansas who made it to the big time. He built cars in Michigan and he built a sleek skyscraper in the heart of New York City. On my recent trip to western Kansas, I [...]

columns, history, small towns, traveling

In Lawrence today, I ate at Mad Greek and had my usual, spanakopita, or spinach triangles. Mad Greek is not consistent; sometimes it’s really good, sometimes, just OK. Today, the triangles were on the soggy side, not great. But even soggy, they were better than the Mediterranean food I get in Emporia (because there are [...]

traveling, vittles