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The Easier Way

It is easy enough to find the rough,
whether on an old road often traveled
or in casual words that deserved more thought
than was given. Continue reading

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Reflections on the Prairie

Kansas suddenly seems vast and enormous as you drive from one ridge toward another. Rolling prairie stretches out for miles in every direction. In many places you can look in every direction and see no houses, barns or much of anything else except the lines of scrub oak and cottonwood along the ditches and creeks. The sky wraps around you, boundless, as a swollen moon rises in the dusk, above endless acres of grazing range.

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August Morning

Such dews as this

seem to come only in the heat of summer,
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The Opportunity of Consequence

It’s a little tricky, sometimes, trying to keep our footing and to keep doing the work we need to do. The extra effort of a stubborn nail, an awkward angle and slick dust underfoot can send us suddenly where we hadn’t planned to go. Continue reading

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