Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
The winding road toward Soldier Canyon in Stockton, where it meets Alex Baker Memorial Park, delivers a magnificent valley and mountain view in almost every direction. On this July day, it was magnificent as well as a...
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“He was one-hundred-three and nine months old,” Randy said, during a phone conversation just after the passing of his father. “He had decided he wanted to make it to one-hundred-four. Then, one day he told me that...
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A head first appeared through the slats. Then a neck, followed by shoulders and front legs. It was difficult to tell exactly what was happening in the beginning of it all. Yet, the long sightline of white parallel...
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It seemed strange to be talking about snowballs in July. Yet Jane Ann’s story was not really about a snowball at all. It wasn’t about justice. It wasn’t even about revenge. It was about relationships. Or, more...
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There are some places that are magical just on their own. One wouldn’t think it would be possible to make such places even more enchanted. Just ask Mike Ballard, United States Marine Veteran and owner of Big...
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“I was trying to finish tying up the last two tomato plants in my garden. The late evening was already getting dark enough that Garrison was holding a flashlight so I could see.” Of course, Kilee Johnson, a...
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“My uncle is eighty-years old and he is still the toughest guy I know!” Donetta Anderson vivaciously said. Then, she went on to paint a vivid picture of this classic cowboy relative, still living and working on...
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“Did you hear that wind blowing all night and morning?” Annie, my daughter, said as she walked into our kitchen for breakfast. Her words seemed to blow the dust from my memory and I recalled what former...
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“I was in a motorcycle accident.” My friend Matt Warnock said, when I called to confirm our meeting. A couple of days before our telephone conversation, Matt and one of his brothers were touring in Utah’s mountains on...
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I have two daughters, Jessi and Annie, living in New York City and I was thinking of them and how they’ve been locked away in their small apartments now for nearly a quarter of a year. So as...
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