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SUNRISES AND SUNSETS
There have been many sunrises and sunsets in my life. When I was young, I didn’t pay much attention to them. I don’t think I ever got out of bed in time to see a sunrise when I was a kid. I don’t remember sunsets either, for some reason. As I got older, I spent…
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PASS IT ON
The official first day of Spring this year is Friday, March 20th at 9:46 am. That is 480 hours and 28,800 minutes. Can you tell I am ready? It has been a long winter. We had some nice days to get outdoors in January and February, but then the cold winds and snow came. I…
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WHAT NOT TO DO ON A COLD WINTER DAY
It was that dreaded time of year. No, I don’t mean tax time! It was the time that time of year when no hunting seasons were open and spring fishing was still weeks away. Normally, I would go for a hike or something, but the wind was blowing so hard, the snow was falling horizontally,…
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A CABIN IN THE WOODS
When I was younger, I used to dream of having a cabin in the woods. A simple cabin nestled among cedars and hardwoods somewhere in the Ozarks Mountains of Missouri near where I grew up on my Grandma and Grandpa’s farm south of a small town, at that time, called Nixa. My grandma used to…
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A GIANT OLD OAK TREE
When my wife and I bought the land to build our house over 50 years ago, a big oak tree stood out among the rest of the trees on the property. We decided to have our home built near it. It was no ordinary tree. Two oak trees had grown together at the trunk many…
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