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A day in the life of a farmer
Back in March, I met local farmer Scott White for the first time.
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Some gentle thoughts for today
The computer and its e-mail have affected nearly all of us.
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On the Santa Fe Trail
Ole Red bounded friskily along heading east into the Great Plains.
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The American Dream
“You have to know somebody to get a job there. If you ain’t got no pull or know somebody with some, you might as well forget it,” said the man in the grocery store.
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God bless all dads
by Max Gardner
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My dad has been dead many years, but I can still remember him and my mom as if it were yesterday.
Ellis Boys
by Mary Ann Ellis
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Drummers (two sons and a grandson) have marched steadily through my house and yard since 1982.
Into the Great Plains
by James Boyd
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We hit the floor early in our bunkhouse in Manitou Springs, ran through the shower, pulled on our traveling rags and headed to Uncle Sam’s Pancake House,
Kids say/do the cutest things
by Max Gardner
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There was a show on TV a long time ago, hosted by Art Linklighter that was called “Kids Say the Darndest Things.”
America the Beautiful
by James Boyd
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Snow had begun falling in blizzard fashion on the 14,110-foot summit of Pikes Peak and I was
Werewolves and boogeymen
by Mary Ann Ellis
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Thursday evening as the shadows deepened into darkness, Jakey, Trey, and I rushed into the house two seconds before the next downpour.
national news
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