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Beep! Beep! Beep! goes my cell phone alarm at 5 a.m. It’s one thing getting up early to go to work, but another on a holiday when by all rights I should be sound asleep at this hour. But noooo… I drag myself out of bed into the bathroom for…
Continue readingPitter, patter. Pitter, patter. Rumble, flash — BOOM! A familiar sound to those who live in the midwest during this time of year. Perhaps too familiar, given the recent flooding in Missouri. As I lie snug in our log home, the sound of rain on the skylight is a comforting…
Continue readingPOP! At first, I wasn’t sure what happened. Was the car backfiring? Did a tire blow out? No, the car seemed to functioning just the same as always. Still, I’d definitely heard a loud pop and it seemed to be coming from the rear of the car. Only upon arriving…
Continue readingAs Bryon drove down to Boulder on Sunday morning, police vehicles blocked the westbound lanes as smoke arose from the hills on the northwest side of Boulder. I had heard sirens as well, and did a quick internet check of Boulder’s daily newspaper, The Daily Camera. There it was —…
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