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It had every potential to be a memorable evening. Sure, it was the sweet daughter’s last evening at home, before she departed to the eastern part of South Dakota for the coming school year.  Everyone seemed to be in a…

Come along about this time of the year, I used to start making some pretty rash and crude statements to myself. And, if you would have asked me then what I thought of my statements, I might not have told…

She was standing at the passenger side of Mama Jan’s car, asking for any cash she could spare to help her get to her stepfather’s funeral tomorrow in Texas. I had been in Walmart purchasing a few things and, as…

The rodeo is in full motion this evening in Dodge City. Lights that haven’t shone all year are blindingly bright. Bleachers, empty and dusty, have been dusted off and are filled to overflowing. There is a sign, on a side…