Tag Archives: Flint Hills

Special Moments

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Doc Arnett

Some moments are spectacular, some are simple and some are simply special. Let’s be grateful for all of them. Continue reading →

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September Sunset in the Flint Hills

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Doc Arnett

When what we think we have to do keeps us from admiring and absorbing the beauty around us, we have become too busy. Continue reading →

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Driving Through Pottawatomie County

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Somewhere south of US 36
along the line of Kansas 63,
you can see where rolling farmland
begins its transition into the Flint Hills. Continue reading →

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A Refreshing Desolation

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Are there times when you find getting away from everybody and everthing is a good thing? The Flint Hills of Kansas offer a sense of escape, even when you’re just driving through… Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Prairie

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Kansas suddenly seems vast and enormous as you drive from one ridge toward another. Rolling prairie stretches out for miles in every direction. In many places you can look in every direction and see no houses, barns or much of anything else except the lines of scrub oak and cottonwood along the ditches and creeks. The sky wraps around you, boundless, as a swollen moon rises in the dusk, above endless acres of grazing range.

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