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Naming Names

January 28th, 2014 at 2:33 pm

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: NAMING NAMES Once upon a time in Kansas, there were towns called Milo, Mimosa and Moonlight. Those towns have faded into history now, but they are three of the 4,281 post offices established in Kansas between 1828 and 1961. In a book called “Kansas Post […]

cities, columns, history, small towns

Art in the City

June 18th, 2013 at 8:33 pm

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette:   ART IN THE CITY “Mom! Mom!” I heard a boy’s voice yelling from the sidewalk in front of my house. I looked out the door and saw a boy who was 8 or 9 scramble to get on his bicycle. He continued to shout […]

Art, cities, columns, life on the ground, other people's stuff, out of state

Back to the ’50s

February 12th, 2013 at 6:54 pm

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: BACK TO THE ‘50S A model home built in Prairie Village presented a new and exciting lifestyle option to Kansas City area residents in 1954. The number of people who toured the house that year, 64,000, was equivalent to the population of Johnson County at […]

buildings, cities, columns, nostalgia

More from Manhattan

May 22nd, 2012 at 11:31 am

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette:    Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas MORE FROM MANHATTAN When my birthday rolls around each April, I usually celebrate by making a pilgrimage to Lawrence. Because I lived in Lawrence for several years, that town feels like a second home. Massachusetts Street is a big attraction, […]

cities, columns, Flint Hills, nature, traveling

Out the window

May 17th, 2012 at 8:12 am

Looking out the front windows of the Flint Hills Discovery Center. Off in the distance is the new Manhattan Convention Center (which has an annoying, unremovable bar-thingy across their website.)  

cities, commerce, Flint Hills

Overlooking Manhattan

May 16th, 2012 at 6:04 am

Here’s the view from one of the two terraces on the north side of the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan.

buildings, cities, Flint Hills

Well done, Manhattan

May 15th, 2012 at 10:05 am

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: WELL DONE, MANHATTAN ‘Take me back to the Cottonwood River,” Kelley Hunt sings. “Lead me on, lead me on to where the Flint Hills roll.” Growing up Emporia, the Flint Hills likely provided Kelley Hunt with a feeling of being grounded, and the open skies […]

buildings, cities, columns, Flint Hills, history, Kansans, nature, places

Water feature

May 7th, 2012 at 9:20 am

South of the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan is a small park which includes a water feature. I didn’t get a good shot of the water jumping, but it jumps in curves, one after another, like its playing leapfrog.

cities, Flint Hills, life on the ground, places

Downtown Manhattan

May 4th, 2012 at 6:08 am

Looking up

May 4th, 2012 at 6:03 am

Looking up from the ground level inside the brand new Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan.

buildings, cities, Flint Hills

More Marko Fields

May 3rd, 2012 at 6:29 am

Another incredible piece from Marko Fields on display at the Strecker-Nelson Art Gallery, 406 1/2 Poyntz, in Manhattan. It’s also part of the traveling exhibit: 2012: Faith, Magic, Love & Death, Cautionary Tales of the End Times.

Art, cities