By I rearranged my morning plans when I found out my cousin’s daughters were going to be at the WAW Book Awards today. Meet Ivy, 9, and Laramie, 11. They belong to Laramie and Michelle Unruh. The Valley Center school selected Ivy and Laramie to attend the event today. The girls had to get up pretty …
Me
Tracy Million Simmons just sent this photo she took of me today. She and her family were out at the Tallgrass Prairie also. We were on the Geology Hike led by Rex Buchanan and Bob Sawin of the Kansas Geological Survey. “I thought Flyover People readers might like to see an image of their editor …
HB to Marc!
Flyover Friend Marc is having a birthday tomorrow (Sept. 22). Happy Birthday, Marc!
Clint Wins!
Clint Bowyer came in first today.
From Bad Comes Good
I saw the police escort first. And the police never escort funeral processions in town. Then I heard the motorcycles and realized that it was the funeral of David J. Lane, an Emporia soldier killed last week in Iraq. The Patriot Guard was formed to act as a shield – to protect families from the …
Clint – Hometown Boy
Bowyer looking for first Cup win in midst of Chase Emporia, Kan., native making big strides in second season By Bill Weber of NASCAR.com Weber writes about Clint Bowyer, Emporia, Veterans Day, William Allen White, and he even mentions … Poetry on the Porch! Ya gotta READ THIS STORY.
From Emporia: WAW
Just released this week….. “From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White” The book is a biography for children. Today at Town Crier bookstore, Beverley Buller of Newton had a book signing. She insisted that her first signing be in Emporia, hometown of William Allen White. Full of colorful photos and illustrations, it’s a great …
Lisa Moritz
Tonight I stopped by the Java Cat 5 in Emporia (610 Merchant St.) and heard Lisa Moritz sing. I’m a lyrics freak. And I loved Lisa’s lyrics. From her song, “I Make Room,” she sang: “All the past you hold within/Stays like a bruise beneath your skin/Slightest touch and its back again.” Yeah. Wow. Song …
Once Again…
… Tom Parker wows me with his writing. Tom, of Blue Rapids, writes Dispatches from Kansas. This week, his column carries a burden. As I told Tom, his stuff is… “Not light writing, my friend. Very deep. Sometimes dark. Always graceful.” Check out this latest piece: Confluences of Rivers and Lives. This is Tom, on …
Read to Your Bunny
Two Flyover Friends were featured on the front page of today’s Emporia Gazette. Read the story. Eleanor Browning and Janice Romeiser are doing a great thing for the children of this world: promoting reading. And they are promoting reading to very young children. Ele and Janice greet infants and their parents in the hospital and …
The Sensory Garden
The Sensory Garden at the Audio-Reader building on the University of Kansas campus. Audio-Reader is a reading service for the blind, visually impaired and print disabled. The staff and volunteers for Audio-Reader decided that merely reading to the visually impaired wasn’t enough. So they created a garden for the senses. Many plants are selected for …