On the road again: the 2016 Kansas White Way car run, Atchison to Frankfort
May 30, 2016
Tag: Event
The perfect tone
September 17, 2015
It came to me as I crisscrossed the big meadow for the umpteenth time that by trying to photograph everything I was, in fact, photographing very little. I was putting a lot of miles on my feet, I was building up a debilitating thirst, I was sweating profusely in the triple-digit heat and … More The perfect tone
The wilderness next door
September 5, 2015
From comments I keep hearing both online and in person, participants in the inaugural Orchestra on the Oregon Trail are expecting either a Symphony in the Flint Hills experience or a pioneer slog through the howling wilderness. Several I’ve talked to are shunning the event based on rumors of infestations of poisonous snakes … More The wilderness next door
Archeological survey at Alcove Spring Historic Park, with Kansas state archeologist Bob Hoard, the National Park Service, the Oregon-California Trail Association, volunteers and the Wheat State Treasure Hunters
May 11, 2015
View from the high ground: Courtland
February 25, 2015
The Kansas White Way Car Run celebrates 100 years of road history
May 16, 2014
The last shall be the first, and the first last. The phrase kept running through my head as the car run unspooled from its lineup in front of the majestic Brown Grand Theater in downtown Concordia to make its way into the rising sun, the morning cool and clear and virtually windless, … More The Kansas White Way Car Run celebrates 100 years of road history
The Q of Quoz
July 26, 2010
The PrairyErth reunion at Chase County this weekend was all about stories, and here’s one you’ll only read about here: “Roads to Quoz” isn’t a book so much as an epiphany, with equal parts adventure and literary exploration into language both real and imagined. As customary with these American forays (or moseys, as he calls … More The Q of Quoz
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