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Ten Reasons to Appreciate Science
October 29, 2024In the mid-1700s, natural phenomena were so poorly understood in the American Colonies that lightning was considered by many to be an indicator of God’s…Ten Reasons Why We Should Pay Attention to Local Politics
October 23, 2024For me, the machinations of the machine we call “American politics” seemed like nothing so much as an overrated reality television show starring criminals and…
Sometimes in my dreams
September 12, 2024Sometimes in my dreams, I have interactions with people who no longer play a role in my waking life, like old friends, relatives, and former…
The Cutoff Point
April 13, 2024Chester charged through the aisle and slammed into the bodies at the door. He ripped the first away and threw his fist into the back…
Get the Message
April 12, 2024A poem is an equation written on the wind,riding on memory from one seer to the next,ancient as the spoken…Reflections on Life and Death
December 19, 2023LIFE AND DEATH Nature relaxes by herself in a magical land of her own. A human lays with her in…
Compass Check
November 5, 2023My brother and I grew up in a military family. We knew the names of the battles depicted in Band…
A Life Well Lived
September 7, 2023Lt. Col. Scott Defebaugh (1923-2022) was a WWII Veteran I met while visiting the retirement home where my parents live.…
Big Mountain
July 17, 2023"The Unseen Beast" She sits atop a tree that lives on The Mountain, watching for anything that might sound good…
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