
First Cry in a Stable
It’s not a new story. I wrote it more than a decade ago, so it may well show its age. But I thought I’d try
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It’s not a new story. I wrote it more than a decade ago, so it may well show its age. But I thought I’d try

Once you find the road in—the place is very much out of the way–the signs tell the story. I’ve visited twice, often enough to guess

Got it this morning. Had no idea mature human beings could or would hunt hogs from helicopters, but this Texas outfit thought I might just

It’s all so understandable. From the vantage point of 75-plus years, the war seems ancient history. Besides, so many of those who fought had no

“Some of them just got too big for their britches.” People said that occasionally, that some farmers who went down during the Farm Crisis of the

You’ll drive a long way to find a sandy beach on Minnesota’s north shore. That humpy stuff roiling beneath your feet looks and feels like

Truth be told, there weren’t all that many people around. I was a little disappointed in the size of the crowd–three or four dozen, most

A couple of weeks ago, out west on the Oregon Trail, I couldn’t help being astounded by both the clockwork and the sheer number of

“It was a test,” he told me, after pulling me aside. “It’s a story I thought you’d like, a story I wanted to tell you.”