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A few years ago, I walked through a prairie preserve, and it was at that moment I realized I’d rather live in a shack in the middle of nowhere than work again. I worked in Southern California, driving between San Diego, Santa Barbara, and OMG Compton. I was done, I needed out, I needed quiet.…
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She came to us accidentally, like when you meet your soul mate on a flight or a stranger asks to share your table in a crowded coffee shop, and that stranger becomes your new best friend—a friend who carries your pains and joys as heartily as their own. We had relocated to the South from…
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Colon Cancer took our Jason at forty-six, my father at sixty, my maternal grandfather, and just before our son-in-law died, this cancer took a friend of mine’s beautiful son at thirty-eight. This is not a cancer for the old; it has become an American Cancer for any age. Please get your colon checked. I know…
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She touched me like you’d expect an angel would. She was a small yet mighty angel. While stopped at a red light, my mind pinged, frantically thinking about my mother, who had been hospitalized and was now in a skilled nursing facility. My thoughts were like any concerned son or daughter thinking about a mother’s…
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My thoughts on life, fly fishing, family, solitude, our future, books, and whatever comes through my brain as I search for truth and wisdom. Tricia 6/16/2025 Eliminating the worm A worm wiggles in my mind, quiet and annoying, offering sleepless nights and distracted days. I felt enormous relief when I determined why this worm was…
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Puppy killer Kristi Noem was fired as Homeland Security Secretary,Early this morning, Kristi Noem took a bat to her office walls, destroying two walls and nearly killing an aide. Pete Hegseth, Fox contributor nominated to lead the Defense Department, was witnessed washing his hands for the first time in ten years. Potential Russian Spy Tulsi…
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An Apology to NATO To all Members, Secretaries, Officers, Staff, and Allies beyond NATO, Half of the citizens of the United States of America and I offer this sincerest apology. Our country has been a beacon of hope for over two centuries. The creators of our Constitution hoped to provide America with an equal and fair…
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Less is More Hands The Mr. turns the rental car sharply to the right, pulling over to allow others to pass from the opposite direction. We continue swaying back and forth on the curvy road to Hana, Maui―a frightening road that frequently narrows to single-lane bridges. I catch a brief reflection of myself in the…
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This is How it’s Done Patriarchy: The Silent Killer of Women in the Workplace. I enjoy fly fishing, yet detest bait fishing. I am strong-minded yet quiet. I love cats, dogs, and children. I am sympathetic to the poor, neglected, and rejected. I dislike golf, preferring a hike in the natural world rather than…
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Grief follows no timeline. Do the fishermen call the one who replaced you “The Radio Man,” or did this title die with you? I prefer to believe this was yours alone. They depended on you to maintain their electronic equipment to safely do the job they were born to do. You often looked the other…
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