This picture shows the best part of this evening’s book event at the Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute. This young girl is 6 and is learning to read. She pointed out the one, two and three letter words in the book – which she knows – and sounded out some of the larger words as she read. Her dad had me sign the book to her. It was my pleasure.
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- A Rumor of Coyotes September 18, 2016***** Hey, friends! I’ve started a new blog called A Rumor of Coyotes. You can find it here: cherylunruh.com. The new blog will focus more on writing and… life, I guess. Come on over! *****
- SUNLIGHT March 14, 2016SUNLIGHT You stand against the sky, today a springtime blue. Golden sunlight sparkles in your hair. That ray of sun, sent to Earth, raced through the galaxy at the speed of light. It landed here. It landed on you. ~ Cheryl Unruh
- Mid-Winter in Kansas January 29, 2016To celebrate Kansas Day, I was on Kansas Public Radio today with this piece: Finding Hope in The Bleak Mid-Winter of Kansas.
- Notable 2015 June 15, 2015***** ********** I’m happy to announce that my second book of essays about Kansas, Waiting on the Sky, has been selected as a 2015 Kansas Notable Book! Here’s the list of Kansas books/books by Kansas authors selected as Notable Books this year. To order a copy of Waiting on the Sky, click here. *****
- Fred’s Derby February 12, 2015FRED’S DERBY When I moved to this town, Fred’s Derby was the place for eggs and hash browns when the bars closed down at 3 a.m. Fred’s had been there forever, a long, white building, windows on the highway side of the diner, dead flies on the window sill, sad plastic bottles […]
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