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Crossing the flats, looking for mountains
In homage to my ancestor David Powell, I’m riding a train across Kansas heading for Colorado, his goal in 1859 when he left Martha Ann and the childr…
2 years, 1 month ago
Sunday morning, back in the fourth pew
A man stopped at my table who recognized me from my radio days. “Have a seat,” I said. He’s from Ohio, retired high school English teacher. Like ever…
2 years, 1 month ago
As I keep telling myself, life is good
The birth of the spotless giraffe at a zoo in Tennessee, the only known one on earth, is important news to those of us who grew up as oddballs, seein…
2 years, 1 month ago
What endures is decency, believe me
I hear people complain about police and city planners and the health care system, but never about firemen or EMTs, and few complain about slow delive…
2 years, 2 months ago
The gift of Miss Helen Story, remembered
But I found my glasses today. They were in my jacket pocket. Sometimes they’re in a shirt pocket, sometimes perched on top of my head. The frenzy end…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sing on, dance on, good eye, ain't you happy
At the game I sat next to a true Twins fan named Alex who gave me the lowdown on various players and yelled the right things — “Looked good to me!” a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Flying around America, looking at crowds
I imagine that someday at America’s boarding gates, after the wheelchair passengers are boarded and Those Who Need Extra Time, then active military, …
2 years, 2 months ago
The memory is alive with old roots
The simple pleasures of a long close marriage on a perfect October day, leaves dropping from the trees, eating an egg salad sandwich after her long m…
2 years, 2 months ago
“Stand up for yourself,” I keep thinking to myself
So my friend’s fussiness about the coffee was, in fact, a tribute to the excellence of the restaurant. (Did I mention that this was in Northern Calif…
2 years, 3 months ago
Finding harmony in the midst of chaos
I don’t belong in New York, I’m a loner, I have the social skills of a hoot owl, but I accept the amusement that the city offers. I saw a dog on the …
2 years, 3 months ago