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Black Blizzard
As a child in Eastern Colorado in 1977, I experienced what it was like to have lived in the 1930s Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl during The Great Depression was the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history. It brings to mind the iconic images of farm houses buried under…
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So, Who’s Died Lately?
Every time I talk with my mother on the phone, the conversation turns to who has died in the community since the last conversation. That grim, and some would say morose topic, has always been part of the farming life that I grew up with. Mom now lives “in town”,…
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Still Practicing After All These Years
Many people can identify a key person who made a difference and influenced their lives. But what about those who may have played a key role and were less noticed? A chance visit to an old country doctor revealed how someone could influence your destiny without you even realizing it.…
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Time Travel Made Easy (sort of)
Recently I discovered that my automobile’s driver-side window was actually a time portal. I was just minding my own business and enjoying the bright, crisp spring day as I drove along. The sun shining through my sport utility’s windshield, warm and enveloping, soon nudging and then insisting with its heat…
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North of Nowhere
Exactly when my family came to America is lost to times long since past, and yet I am a new immigrant. Somebody who is caught between two worlds – where I was raised and where I now live. Like many first-generation immigrants, I abandoned many of the traditions of my…
North of Nowhere - Bridging Different Worlds 