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Today's installment of Growing on the High Plains unfurls an intriguing history of an iconic spring flower: the iris.

Today on Growing on the High Plains, we're getting totally tubular—well, TUBER'lar—as we dig down on the meaty potato plant.

Luke tells about an exciting shallow water crappie trip he recently enjoyed with Guide Brandon Sargent

I think I’m losing my romantic touch.

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is “How the Post Office Created America” by Winifred Gallagher.Winifred Gallagher does something I seldom see in journalism. She pitches plans and suggestions to solve current difficulties she may be writing about.

Hi, I’m Marcy McKay from Amarillo, author of the award-winning novel, Pennies from Burger Heaven. I love being a Radio Reader for High Plains Public Radio’s Book Club.I’m typically more of a fiction gal myself, but I enjoyed How the Post Office Created America by Winifred Gallagher.

The United States Post Office, for more than two centuries, has been central to holding together rural areas as communities.This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is “How the Post Office Created America” by Winifred Gallagher.

Nicole English and Mike Strong are Book Leaders for How the Post Office Created America: A History by Winifred Gallagher

Jane Holwerda: Admittedly, I am somewhat of a newbie to the High Plains having lived her for only a couple of decades but in that time, I’ve driven to numerous small communities. Traveling has given me a deep appreciation for the vastness of the High Plains as well as its beauty – the muted palette, the skies – cloudy or clear--the panorama and for its temperamental weather.

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is “How the Post Office Created America” by Winifred Gallagher.As I was working on reviewing Winifred Gallagher’s book, I was also shooting photos and video for a dance concert. One of the pieces was nostalgic about physical, paper mail. Specifically, about getting paper rather than texts or email.