PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Coal Mine Site

Coal Mine Site

Crawford County, Kansas – Nature is gradually reclaiming strip mining sites in the Pittsburg area, and some have been transformed into unique recreation and wildlife areas. The area above, dug out during coal mining days, is now part of Crawford State Fishing Lake #1,...
Charlie Brown’s Market

Charlie Brown’s Market

Mildred, Kansas – Sunlight pours in the front door of Charlie Brown’s Market, where Marilyn Colgin is watching the store. It’s unusual to see a store so well stocked in a town so small – around 3 dozen people live there (source: 2000 census). But the...
Potter’s Hands

Potter’s Hands

Cottonwood Falls, Kansas – I get inspiration just walking into ‘Humble Clay’, Larry Matson’s studio in Cottonwood Falls. The front room, right off the street, is small but filled with texture: tools, finished pieces & works in progress, buckets...