Flyover People News- Remembering the Dead May 21, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: REMEMBERING THE DEAD The cemetery was my playground. While Dad mowed, my 6-year-old self blew fluff off of dandelions. I traced the engraving on stones, and I climbed into the arms of a cedar tree and watched ants scatter as I peeled its […]
- ‘Dragging Wyatt Earp’ May 14, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ‘DRAGGING WYATT EARP’ “Returning home is like that. The future gets left behind, a piano dumped on a stark prairie. Suddenly you’re left with nothing but your life and the past. You have returned. Full circle. Everything else is just a blur.” Those are the […]
- Mothers and Dresses May 7, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: MOTHERS AND DRESSES The other day when I was shopping online, I accidentally ended up on a page full of dresses. Alongside the dresses were ads showing mothers and daughters celebrating Mother’s Day together. Now I wouldn’t buy my mom a dress; she prefers […]
- Little House on the Prairie April 30, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Every afternoon, Mary Louise Wilhite read to her second grade students at Pawnee Rock Grade School. Following our after-lunch recess, my classmates and I came in from the playground, windblown and energetic. But we settled down quickly when we sat […]
- Road Trip to Sedan April 23, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ROAD TRIP TO SEDAN Spring seemed to be stalled out somewhere, so Dave and I drove south one Saturday to see if we could locate the lost season and drag it north. It was early April and even near the Oklahoma line, we didn’t […]
- Remembering the Dead May 21, 2013
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Advance Review from Marci Penner
Marci Penner, director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation wrote this about the upcoming Flyover People book of columns: Cheryl’s gift is to see, feel, and understand people, places, and parts of Kansas that most of us miss and then be … Continue reading
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Advance Review by Kevin Rabas
Kevin Rabas is co-director of Emporia State University’s creative writing program. He is the author of two books: Bird’s Horn and Other Poems, and Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano. The latter is a 2010 Kansas Notable Book. Cheryl Unruh’s essays, culled … Continue reading
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Advance Review from Dave Kendall
Dave Kendall in the KTWU studio. Dave Kendall, host and executive producer of Sunflower Journeys said this to say about Flyover People, the book: Cheryl Unruh has developed a keen sensitivity to the little things about life among the “flyover … Continue reading
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Flyover book – Coming Soon!
Hello, peeps! As many of you know, I’ve been working on getting a collection of columns together in a book. Yes, finally, after 7 1/2 years of writing the Flyover People column in The Emporia Gazette, 80 of those columns … Continue reading
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