Here’s my cousin, Doug. I didn’t get a photo of his Freightliner- it was dark when I took him back to the Flying J. Today’s column: A Life on the Road.
The Town Next Door
A shot of Great Bend’s Forrest Street, taken from inside the Barton County Courthouse. Today’s Flyover People column is about Great Bend: The Town Next DoorÂ
At the Statehouse
Representative Don Hill, Kansas’ 60th District This week’s column: At the Statehouse
Blue Skies
Here’s this week’s Flyover People column: Blue Skies
Program Notes
* Those of you in Wichita might want to tune into your PBS station Wed. night at 7 p.m. to watch “Oil Dorado,” a documentary featuring my friend the history professor, Jay Price. * So far, the Gazette hasn’t posted today’s Flyover People column. Perhaps they will on Wednesday.
The Farmer
Today’s Flyover People column: “The Farmer”
Going Places
Elmdale City Hall – a 1936 WPA project Today’s Flyover People column: Going Places
Pieces of Emporia
The former Rose’s Grocery Store. Today’s Flyover People column: Pieces of Emporia You can listen to Kelley Hunt’s song, “Roses,” on the Prairie Home Companion website. On that page, click on SEGMENT 1 and you can “fast-forward” through the first 13:48 minutes to get to Garrison Keillor talking to Kelley Hunt about Emporia. (Or, along …
An Extra Sock
Today’s Flyover People column: An Extra Sock
Every Year, Daffodils
Lori Wecker Schondelmaier was a coworker, a friend. Today would have been her 44th birthday. In 2003, I wrote a column about Lori: EVERY YEAR, DAFFODILS When you drive around the countryside, every now and then you will come across a two-story farmhouse, abandoned decades ago, imploding in slow motion. (Read the rest.)
A Brit’s View of Kansas
Today’s column in the Emporia Gazette: A Brit’s View of Kansas. It’s pretty much the same thing as is posted below.