This is Kansas Day (Part 1)

The Diane Project

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This is Kansas Day (Part 1)

Brain-changer game-changer

Mar 31, 2025

When Diane’s eyes failed her, she looked forward. First in a three-part essay on my wife’s midlife reinvention.

Here’s the entire “Kansas Day” story as a single podcast:

This is Kansas Day (Parts 1–3)

Aaron Barnhart

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Apr 30

Setbacks become sliding doors. History is made. Someone remembers.

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This is Kansas Day (Part 1)

This is Kansas Day (Part 2)

This is Kansas day (Part 3)

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