By Windom, population 130 is in McPherson County.
Baker University
Some friends and I walked through this archway last Saturday. We attended a writers’ retreat in Baldwin City. The retreat was downtown, in the Lumberyard Arts Center, but we walked to a restaurant for lunch. The Lumberyard Arts Center is in the 1914 Ives-Hartley Lumber building. The Rogue Wave. Had a gyro here – it …
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Council Grove.
Farmers and Drovers
Farmers and Drovers Bank, Council Grove.
Ladybug Flowers
Yesterday, some friends and I went to a writing retreat in Baldwin City. We found a lovely farmers market in progress downtown. Flowers and corn-on-the-cob and delicious-looking baked goods.
Reading in transition
Drove through Reading a few weeks back. Most of the tornado damage was cleaned up, houses bulldozed, trees trimmed, but there were still a few big things to go. The Reading Methodist Church where many residents took refuge that night – May 21. The Tightwad Bank building still stands. Currently it is operating out of …
Paxico Meatloaf Festival
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: First place: The Gillie Gals PAXICO MEATLOAF FESTIVAL “Have you always wanted to be a meatloaf judge?” I asked WenDee LaPlant at the Meatloaf Festival in Paxico. “I never considered it until last year when they asked me,” she said, “And then I thought, ‘what …
The elevator in Park
Park. Gove County, Kansas. Oct. 2010.
In Miller
In Miller. Lyon County Kansas.
Historic Grounds
If I lived in Council Grove, I’d probably hang out here a lot. Fresh coffee, bakery, free wi-fi, books.
I need one of these
In Paxico.