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I’m Bob Seay and this is another Book Byte from High Plains Public Radio. I’ve been reading The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson. I selected this book because I’ve enjoyed other books by Bill Bryson.

Hello! I’m Tito Aznar for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club’s 2025 Spring Read.Returning as adults to the places of our childhood is not without nostalgia. The locations often seem smaller than they are in our memories, the distances shorter–or longer–but never the same.

Ah, Valentine's Day...that day in mid-February when so many roses are murdered in the name of love! But while any cut flowers will always have a limited life span, there are a few tricks you can employ to help keep a bouquet fresh for a few days longer. This week, we'll talk about a few ways to extend the life of your roses!

This week, it's Luke and Bill Carey with Striper Express (www.striperexpress.com) on Lake Texoma, talking about the 'big fish' striper pattern currently underway. The past week has produced some of the biggest stripers of the year, up to 18 pounds, all caught on artificial baits. Contact Luke through his website, www.catfishradio.org.

Hello, Radio Readers. I’m author Julie A. Sellers. Welcome to this High Plains Public Radio Radio Readers Book Club BookByte of The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson.

Luke is talking about his event in North Texas March 1, the 6th Annual Luke Clayton Outdoor Rendezvous in Greenville, Texas. For more information visit www.catfishradio.org. Luke gives a recipe for Pozole this week. He will be serving up several gallons of this tasty dish at his campfire during the event!

Especially given the bitter, cold weather we've been having in spurts this winter, it's important to spare some time to think about the health of your fruit trees. Depending on the type of fruit you're growing, you'll want to consider its ideal temperature, and steps you can take to help keep them within that temperature range, and we'll talk about how in this week's episode!

When I first learned that we’d be reading Bryson’s Lost Continent, I was particularly excited having been aware of his popularity yet not having read his work. I’m Kathleen Holt in Cimarron – a small southwest Kansas in which I grew up and from which I took numerous family vacations during the 1950s.

Hello! I’m Tito Aznar for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club’s 2025 Spring Read. Many of us often see creativity as a gift, as something we either have or don’t have. In What’s So Funny?, David Sipress shows us that creativity can be much more complicated than that.

Hello! I’m Tito Aznar for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club’s 2025 Spring Read. Family shapes us in ways we don’t always recognize at first. Family gives us our first ideas about success, love, failure, and identity. Sometimes, it supports us; other times, it feels like a weight we’re constantly trying to push against.