• Lawrence Magazine,  Nonfiction

    The Bluebird People

    All summer, I’ve enjoyed watching bluebirds play in our yard. They hang out on the gutters of the house, swoop down into the grass to catch lunch, and chase each other to the woods and back. After population declines a…

  • Lawrence Magazine,  Nonfiction

    Profile of a life on the Kaw

    I had a terrifically fun assignment for the summer issue of Lawrence Magazine: A profile of Thomas Burns, a legendary fisherman on the Kansas River. Burns operated on the edge of the law, and sometimes just over the edge. Though…