Flyover solutions

Is your Christmas gift list too long?

Are you trying to figure out what to give Mom, Dad, Grandma, Aunt Judy?

The sister who moved to Texas?

Your child’s teacher?

The neighbor who always does kind things for you?

I’m here to offer a solution to your Christmas shopping hassles with 197 pages of pure Kansas. Flyover People gives you clouds in wedding gowns, charging tornadoes, the line of horizon-which is, as you would expect, as thin as a guitar string.

You (or the reader) will learn about Rock City, Murphy’s Mercantile in Stark, the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute.

And you will read about the dandy small towns in Kansas, including what it was like to grow up in one in the ’60s. The book will take the you back to your own grandma’s farm (if your grandmother had a farm), where you first reached under a hen for an egg (if she had hens). And, if you have forgotten how much you love Kansas, this book will gently remind you.

From the essay, “Ah, Kansas” … There is a connection to the land that can be felt here, a comfort in being where ground meets sky, that line of horizon that forever defines us as earth people. Welcome home, travelers. Welcome home.

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Flyover People: Life on the Ground in a Rectangular State is $15 (plus tax) if you buy it at a retail outlet (see list of Flyover merchants), or $20 (includes shipping/sales tax) if you order it online. I’ll ship your book(s) either that day or the following business day via media mail (which may take an day or two longer than regular first class.)

But wait, there’s more….

Perhaps you’re thinking, “Heck with a book, a picture is worth a thousand words.”

We can still help you out.

Everyone loves Dave Leiker’s photos, and he has, just this past week, posted an online store. Dave’s prints are available for purchase. Easy, schmeasy.

Check it out.