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James C. Schaap

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Saint Frederick

At 96 years old, Frederick Buechner left this vale of tears and passed, as my Native friends might say, into the spirit world.  I should

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At the Reception

That she might marry seemed so unlikely that the possibility never even arose. Her physical condition–she’s a quad, has been since birth–put marriage somehow out

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“Act Accordingly”

“You’re going to be someone’s ancestor–act accordingly.”  A big guy–I didn’t catch his name, but I’m sure he’s someone with standing–held forth at the Hollywood

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A Lake of Black Earth

You simply had to know. Most of those who traveled the two-lane highways I did across the state last weekend did know, I’m sure, and

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One cold morning in Belgium

It’s not that Patton was a good man–that’s not why his troops loved him. He wasn’t. It’s not that he was even all that successful.

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Dr. Sue

Susan La Flesche Picotte simply could not have dreamed of a hospital as a child. She wouldn’t have known what a hospital was. Her father was a

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Nostalgia or principle?

I’m quite sure I didn’t leave them an option. I sent them off on a Saturday afternoon for a performance of Purpaleanie, a stage play put

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