Music Lights

Music Lights

Emporia, kansas – Illuminated music stands help keep the orchestra on note during this year’s Seasonal Celebration dress rehearsal.
Earl

Earl

White City, Kansas – Every town has a character or two who add some color and fun to the mix. When I met Earl in front of the Huskie Hometown Market (grocery store) of White City I was prety sure he was one of those guys. The LED headlights, Alaska Trooper badge on...
Huskie Hometown Market

Huskie Hometown Market

White City, Kansas – Something to be grateful for in any small town, Thanksgiving or not, is the local grocery store, if the residents are lucky enough to have one. If you come from a city you may take such things for granted, but these stores are big deal in rural...
Emanuel Jackson

Emanuel Jackson

Bushong, Kansas – We met a most likeable man on the streets of Bushong today. Emanuel Jackson stopped his pickup truck to chat with us. Fellow photographer, Tom Parker, and I were photographing the small town. When I asked about the flags mounted in the truck Emanuel...
Woodcarver

Woodcarver

Also available: the woodcarver slideshow. I spent some time watching and photographing wood carver Millard Harrell as he worked, and put the best of the photos together in the wooden-block-to-finished-sculpture slideshow.
Explorer

Explorer

Abilene, Kansas – An unidentified child looks out from a coach car window as a restored steam locomotive, of the Abilene and Smokey Valley Railroad, pulls away from the station.
Light Merchant

Light Merchant

Americus Days – Americus, Kansas As I drove through Americus last night I looked toward the park and saw sparkling hats, curves of neon color, and the swoops of contesting light sabers. The annual Americus Days celebration was continuing into the night. On the...
Canoe Trip – Alex

Canoe Trip – Alex

Neosho River, Lyon County, Kansas – Master Paddler, Alex Johnston, navigated our way through a few tricky rapids (such as we have here) and around limb obstructions – one of the most dangerous obstacles here, especially during flood conditions. But, of course,...