Memorial Day
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Editor’s Note: This post from 2011 expresses my feelings about Memorial Day better than anything I could write today. A soldier feels a sense of connection to his country that is like few other things. That connection is to current events, but to the lives of past soldiers as well. Being a soldier can be… Read more
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Taking time from writing my autobiography is not a clean break. While I’m digging in a garden plot or walking on the trail, my mind is consumed by how to pull everything together and bring the work to a close. Up to the time we moved back to Iowa in 1993, a chronological narrative seemed… Read more
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Morning light illuminated this peninsula on Lake Macbride during my walk. One never knows how a multi-function mobile device will capture a photograph. I’m pleased with the results of this one. The hard part is breaking away from preoccupations on a trail walk, to be aware of our surroundings enough to notice how light falls… Read more
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