A darkness has descended on America. We must seek the air and light of hope. • Kansas Reflector

A darkness has descended on America

Last Sunday, I drove across the Flint Hills and found myself unexpectedly awash in winter light. On Highway 177 in Chase County I passed the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and the landscape became cinematic, the slanting rays of the afternoon sun rendering the tawny palette of February in arresting detail. All was revealed. Every stem of dry grass, all the rolling hills, each outcropping of broken limestone was illuminated beneath an azur…

A darkness has descended on America. We must seek the air and light of hope. • Kansas Reflector

The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve stretches out near Strong City, Kansas. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)Last Sunday, I drove across the Flint Hills and found myself unexpectedly awash in winter light. On Highway 177 in Chase County I passed the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and the landscape became cinematic, the slanting rays of the afternoon sun rendering the tawny palette of February in arresting detail. All was revealed. Every stem…