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On The Rocks

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It had been another day of driving on western roads, the kind where what looked so close up ahead was actually much farther away.

I finally quit at 5 o’clock not because I was ready to call it a day but rather because the distance to the next town was too great. Even then, it wasn’t much more than one of those “wide place in the road” communities with a sign that says: Welcome! We are glad to see you! and another sign that says: Come back again!

There was one motel. A bell on the counter summoned an elderly … Read the rest “On The Rocks”

In A World Of Silence And Wonder

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In the middle of the night a wide band of snow began to whiten a broad swath of Dixieland’s northern parts.

As per no wind and the law of gravity, the flakes slowly eased straight down — wet flakes landing on almost every exposed surface, creating a myriad of miniature castles and cavities to muffle sounds coming from anything anywhere.

Sometime around daylight, the snowfall paused. About two inches had fallen. Then it resumed with even larger flakes.  Another inch fell, then another, and another, finally ending around noon.

By then, everyone had witnessed a rarity — enough snow to … Read the rest “In A World Of Silence And Wonder”