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Forty years ago today, on August 1, 1981, an upstart television network made a rather wobbly launch. Marred by technical glitches, packed to the brim with marginal, almost random content …
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On Father’s Day 2019, my two young sons and I visited the delightful Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Kansas, as we had numerous times before. This century-old public garden, a …
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So you lost a whole summer to COVID-19 and now you’re vaxxed, waxed and maxed to make up for lost time. You got your hair cut, bought a couple summer …
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As a child growing up in the 1970s I assumed it was a given that pretty much all grown-ups smoked cigarettes. Clouds of acrid smoke drifted wherever adults congregated; even …
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Author’s Note: This story was written and first published on June 16, 2007. This reissue is dedicated to the memory of my good friend and occasional travel partner Bud Norman, …
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Author’s Note: This is the first installment of New Old Stock Cinema, an ongoing series of reviews of films and television shows that I am viewing in the modern day …
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Author’s Note: Welcome to the first installment of Eyelands in the Stream, an ongoing series of reports on movies and television. On Thursday, February 18, the world held its breath …
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Despite what my family might lack in material wealth, we consider ourselves profoundly lucky that our family matriarch — my 97-year-old grandmother, Florence Genevieve “Genny” Tally — is still alive …
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