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There are places in small towns that don’t announce themselves loudly. They don’t feel like institutions. They feel more like secrets passed hand to hand. The kind of place someone…
One of my all-time favorite memes that’s been going around Facebook for several years hits home hard for me as it speaks truth to one of my greatest struggles in…
Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” I realize that we’ve got a long way to go before we get…
Most of us have memories involving trains. Maybe someone read “The Little Engine That Could” to us or told stories of early train trips. My experience was different, so I’m…
On Thanksgiving Day, I pressured my brother, William, and 71-year-old mother to walk through sideways rain, wind that tries to push your nose through your brain if you’re silly enough…
Just for fun, let’s start this new year off with a little pop quiz – don’t worry, you can’t fail this one. Which of the following is most like you…
As a young child, on a Sunday afternoon in the fall, I would be playing in my room and I’d hear the loudest, awful, swearing coming from the living room.…
We thought putting up a couple manufactured homes — one for the lovely Michelle and me, the other for our grown daughter — on a pretty good-sized chunk of land…
A mural can be more than decoration. For many businesses, it serves as a visual landmark that shapes how customers experience a storefront and remember…
