Cindy Hoedel On Life In Matfield Green, Kansas

By Steve Kraske,

Published May 16, 2014 at 4:02 PM CDT

When you live in a town with fewer than 60 residents well, let's just say, there must be something special about it to make you give up the city life.

Cindy Hoedel did just that when she moved from Kansas City to Chase County, Kansas. On this edition of Up to Date, Hoedel affirms that the attraction that brought her to the Flint Hills hasn't waned. Steve Kraske and Hoedel discuss the differences she's experienced between city and country life, what it's like being a former urbanite among native-born rural residents and how her straw bale gardening is progressing.

Guest:

Cindy Hoedel is a Kansas City Star writer and columnist. Her weekly interviews, The Conversations, appear in the Star Magazine each Sunday.

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Steve Kraske

When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.

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Danie Alexander

As senior producer of Up To Date, I want our listeners to hear familiar and new voices that shine light on the issues and challenges facing the myriad communities KCUR serves, and to expose our audiences to the wonderful and the creative in the Kansas City area. Just as important to me is an obligation to mentor the next generation of producers to ensure that the important conversations continue. Reach me at alexanderdk@kcur.org.

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