Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: KEIM BAKERY When I hear of a Kansas place that I want to visit, sometimes that place sticks in my brain like a bookmark. And I can’t get rid of the bookmark until I make the trip. Keim Bakery in Ottawa had been on my […]
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: WHAT REMAINS When I noticed the downhill-sloping sidewalk in front of my grandparents’ former house, I remembered being 8-years-old, holding onto Grandpa’s hand, and skipping beside him on the way to the neighborhood grocery store. We each have latent memories, things that we forget […]
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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS Just as many of us like to roam across Kansas, Russian thistles, too, are full of wanderlust. I don’t think about tumbleweeds often, but was reminded of them on a recent trip to Dodge City with my friend Tracy Simmons. While the […]
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Wyatt Earp statue, downtown Dodge City. Mary Spurgeon, sculptor TRACY’S HOMETOWN If Tracy and I had grown up in the same town during the same time period, I’ll bet we would have been childhood friends. A few weeks ago, I traveled with Tracy Simmons to her hometown of Dodge City for an overnight visit. She […]
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Cafe, Leon, Kansas. NOTICING It was one of those early autumn days with the much-awaited tingly air. That air was still, not a lick of wind. A few white clouds smeared themselves across the sky but didn’t interfere with the sun. Dave and I were […]
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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Christian Church – Wonsevu, Kansas. Photo by Dave Leiker. TO WONSEVU Ever since Dave took a photograph in Wonsevu several years ago, I’ve wanted to visit this ghost town in southwestern Chase County. Dave’s photo captured a powerful moment: a white wooden church, a […]
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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: 2012 Kansas Notable Book Award winners EXPLORER RESEARCH VOYAGE Sometimes the evening news from the Statehouse discourages me. I hope for and expect better things for Kansas than are sometimes decided for us. I had been feeling down, so I was delighted recently to […]
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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: VISITING HURRICANES Here in the Midwest, hurricanes don’t enter into our forecasts very often, but occasionally the remnants of one will pass over Kansas and drop some rain. Not Isaac. At a time when our land is so thirsty for precipitation, Isaac slighted us. The […]
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Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Bowl Plaza, Lucas DETROIT, DENMARK AND LUCAS Being able to travel from Detroit to Denmark within a couple of hours is just one of the perks of living in Kansas. It was a Sunday morning and the air was cool for a change. The […]
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: UNDERGROUND IN HUTCHINSON “Don’t pick or lick the walls” is one of the rules at the Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson. And I’m happy to report that I behaved. There were plenty of walls down there, but I did not lick any of […]
Today’s Flyover People column, as seen in The Emporia Gazette: IN THE LAND OF CURVES I’ll tell you what, Arkansas residents sure get their money’s worth out of steering wheels. Earlier this month while headed to my mom’s house near Hot Springs, I wound my car around dozens of tree-covered mountains. Scenic Highway 7 has […]
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