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Winter, Walking
Minnesota Snow You go to bed, the night inky black, aware that there is a field below your window full of dusty blonde grasses, dried clumps of goldenrod, scratchy patches of sepiaed clover. There is...
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Winter Provides
Trail Running The frigid wind engulfs me as I make my way to the truck. I shiver in my light layers and quicken my step forward. More than anything, I want to turn around and go back inside, light a...
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The Visitor
Fire You sit by the fire, draped in sheep’s wool and synthetic insulation. The light and warmth put your mind at ease and you feel comfortable despite the stark black forest just beyond the reaches of...
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Spring Introspection
Turkey Hunt Categorically, each spring usually finds me whining of my ineptitude in the turkey field. Fall is usually filled with some manner of celebration over the outwitting of a great horned,...
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Mountains in Hiding
Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas At the very base of the Rocky Mountains, El Paso, Texas, was a borderland of countries and states, a mesh and clash of philosophy and diversity, kept constant and in...
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Terror at Lake Walcott
Terror at Lake Walcott It was just after 3 a.m. when the chaos began. A horrible sound broke the stillness of the night that was like an unopened bag of potato chips popping. It was not. Rather, it was...
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Mother Nature
Mother Nature I walk with tottering steps up the forest-lined trail. Chubby cheeks. Chubby legs. My mother, following patiently alongside, takes my small hand in hers and guides me through the maze of...
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