Through the lens: At the Newton Fiesta
All photos by Michele Clark, Newton Kansan
Chad Frey
Through the lens: Dancing at the Fiesta
All photos by Michele Clark
Prairie Doc Perspective: It’s Complicated
My personal connection with adoption began nearly 30 years ago.
Amish Cook: A ladies’ work day
Follow me to a ladies’ work day.Amish traditions, ideas, and practices vary drastically from one church to the next, but my guess would be that most Amish housewives wash off the interior of their house once, or some even twice a year.Since it is a major task, we enjoy teaming up and helping one another.
In the garden: Dealing with fall armyworms
It’s is not a common annual problem but I have been getting some questions on fall army worm in lawns.
Election 2024: Finally Weird Enough?
“It never got weird enough for me,” says Hunter S.
The Republicans’ “China Week”
“China Week” sounds like a time for celebrating Chinese culture and food.
The Case for Same-Day Voter Registration
While the 2024 presidential election may be more than a month and half away, it is time for Kansans to make a voting plan and check their voter registration status.
Plains Folk: A grass widow on his lap
While telling the story of Myrtle Brewer of Little River, the grass widow accused but acquitted of the murder of of an alleged harasser in 1909, I realized the term “grass widow” wants some explanation.I confess for years I was conscious of the term, but thought little about what it meant.
We have plenty of politicians in Kansas, but too few leaders
We’re getting leadership all wrong.My epiphany came during one of those group classes that have become fashionable in the last few years, where your employer sends you and some of your colleagues off to a training that is supposed to teach you effective leadership.