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Tripping Down Route One
Heading down the highway . . . We didn’t have to look far for adventure yesterday. It just kept coming our way.
We woke up, rolled out the door and cruised down Route One to Hoopeston, Illinois, the self-designated Sweet Corn Capitol of the World (and probably the planet, unless somebody else’s already claimed it). […]
What Labor Day Means to Me . . . Million Dollar Red in Men’s Work Clothes
During the year, the hard work of all the laborers around our family dinner table was lost on me. Except for Labor Day weekend when we celebrated the working life.
My grandfathers, father, mother, aunts and uncles were all union laborers. To me, Labor Day is for the people that keep this country and its economy […]
Turning 17 on the Trails
Turning 17 isn’t quite as momentous as becoming 16, 18 or 19. It’s an odd number with not much attached to it.
In the 70s Janice Ian sang, "I learned the truth at 17 that love is meant for beauty queens."
For Phoebe’s it’s not the number, it’s what the year brings: senioritis, college applications, an endless […]
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