Sounds like Kansas
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
As we make our homes here on the range, we stop to enjoy the honking of geese overhead.
We cheer at the brassiness of the school fight song, hear the grunts and the clashing of helmets at football games, and during the winter we listen to a herd of basketball shoes pounding their way down the court.
Kansas will celebrate her 149th year of statehood on Friday. And while we’re all pretty good at describing the Kansas we see and know — the landscape, weather, the politics, the people — how often do we pay attention to the sounds that Kansas offers?
It’s easy to get caught up in vision, in sight. Our eyes catch the curve of hills, the blur of wildflowers in the ditches, and the farmer drinking coffee in the hometown café.
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Cheryl Unruh can be reached at cheryl@flyoverpeople.net.