Years ago Skip Mancini left the rocky coast of Northern California to return to her roots in the heartland. Her San Francisco friends, concerned over her decision to live in a desolate flatland best known for a Hollywood tornado, were afraid she would wither and die on the vine. With pioneer spirit, Skip planted a garden. She began to learn about growing not only flowers and vegetables, but hearts and minds. If you agree that the prairie is a special place, we think you'll enjoy her weekly sojourns into Growing on the High Plains.
In Here, Kansas, we citizens gather together every 4th of July. We don't call it an Old Settler's Reunion, because everyone in Here is already old, and we…
El Dean Holthus knows what people might think of a town like Smith Center, Kansas. At nearly the exact geographic center of the contiguous United States...
A Kansas-made film about a Kansas-made song will premiere later this month in Wichita.As the Wichita Eagle reports, the Kansas state song “Home on the…