A deeply blue sky stretches across the Kansas plains, as witnessed from a rest stop off Interstate 70. (Photo by Clay Wirestone/Kansas Reflector)Driving across the toasted green plains of Kansas toward an event in Lindsborg on Sunday, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude. Not gratitude toward a particular person or institution, although goodness knows I’ve been beyond lucky in my associations with both. No, I found myself grateful on a much…