Tent Concert

Tent Concert

by | Jun 18, 2007 | Celebrations, Human, Kansas, Kansas Culture, Small Towns

A colorful tent spread over a Council Grove side street offers refuge from the sun and heat during Washunga Days. The singer is crooning “May I have this dance for the rest of my life”, a wedding anniversary offering to his wife in the audience.
Miss Kansas

Miss Kansas

by | Jun 17, 2007 | Celebrations, Human, Kansas, Small Towns

Not the most sophisticated backdrop for our reigning Miss Kansas, but nevertheless, here she is in the Wa-Shung-Ga Days parade, waving to all the rest of us flyover people.
Wa-Shun-Ga Days Parade Float

Wa-Shun-Ga Days Parade Float

by | Jun 17, 2007 | Celebrations, Human, Kansas, Small Towns

Friends of Council Grove’s Butler County Community College wait for the Wa-Shun-Ga Days parade to start. The entry, decked out with school colors, includes a line of covered wagons and limestone rock. You have no idea how difficult it was, locating a purple...
Dunlap, Kansas

Dunlap, Kansas

by | Jun 16, 2007 | Industry, Kansas, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns

There really isn’t much left of Dunlap. A quick drive through convinced me that it has more rusting junk cars than any town I’ve visited. Decay is deep on the neighborhoods, though the edges of town were rich with wild daylilies and trumpet vine. At least...
Stone on Arkansas Forest Floor

Stone on Arkansas Forest Floor

by | Jun 16, 2007 | Landscape

This was photographed years ago but never published, though I really like the image. The lines on the surface of the rock make it seem as if it’s wrapped with a string.