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When I was just a kid back in Illinois on the Fox River, I had a nice little business going where I caught fish and sold them to the folks in my hometown.
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By Charles Towne
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7/8/23
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Now I want you to know that my dear mama (rest her soul) was an A1, champeen, certified, extra-ordinary, splendiferous cook!
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Not far downriver from our old homestead on the big island below Oswego, Illinois, perhaps 75 yards from shore, is my rock.
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By Charles Towne
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6/25/23
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"Oh Charles, I am so ugly! How can you look at me like this?" As she said this, she touched her cheek as if indicating some sort of blemish
“Oh Nanny, you are …
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After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation became a federal holiday in 2021.
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By Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest University
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6/13/23
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At my feet, in the damp mud at the end of the beaver dam, was a fresh footprint, and then another and one more, two front tracks, and the well-defined rear track of a black bear.
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By Charles Towne
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6/10/23
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A great blue heron is wading along the shore in water that is deep enough almost to reach its body. It suddenly stops and lowers its head, pointing that terrible beak at something that only it can see.
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By Charles Towne
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6/3/23
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Editor's Note: Pastor Joe Escobar wrote this letter to Apopka author Charles Towne after reading Towne's article entitled: "The Mourning Crow" , published last weekend (on May 21st).
Chaz,
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We have all heard of the mourning dove. Most of us recognize a dove when we see it. But have you ever heard of a mourning crow? I have.
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Once upon a time in a quaint little town, nestled beside a shimmering lake, stood a playground filled with laughter and joy. Among the swings, slides, and climbing frames, there was a peculiar chair that had captivated the imagination of the townsfolk.
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By Ed Green
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5/14/23
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A good mother feeds you, protects you, loves you, helps you connect with others and encourages you to become your best self.
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By Scott T. Allison, University of Richmond
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5/12/23
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Reading the Torah, there is no doubt about motherhood’s important role in Jewish literature and life.
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By Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Brandeis University
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5/11/23
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My Daddy admonished me, “Boy, why don’t you act your age?” And I said, “I don’t know, I ain’t never been this age before!”
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My dear old mama was an exemplary cook! I mean, she could make a plate of wild greens and freshly caught fish please the most particular palate.
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There I was, one day, a young guy doing all the things young guys do, and then, like a fart in a windstorm, it seemed to have vanished.
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The first leg of our Postcards from America journey was to Tryon, North Carolina. It's a small community nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains between Spartanburg, South Carolina, and …
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While Paul Simon might never have intended to cast darkness as “my old friend” in a positive light, everyone who sings the song feels darkness as an enveloping hug.
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By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
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4/16/23
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You are a child of God. We, God’s children, are called to success not failure. You can do whatever is good and in God’s perfect will.
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By Charles Towne
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4/16/23
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Christians from around the world gather for worship on Easter Sunday. Also known as Resurrection Sunday, Easter is the final day of a weeklong commemoration of the story of Jesus' final days.
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By Jason Oliver Evans, University of Virginia
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4/9/23
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Maggie was not your average, run-of-the-mill, sweet little old lady. Huh uh. She was in her later, irascible eighties, stood about five feet tall, weighed something less than 110 pounds, and lived by herself.
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Easter is quite similar to other major holidays like Christmas and Halloween, which have evolved over the last 200 years or so where Christian and non-Christian (pagan) elements have continued to blend together.
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By Brent Landau, The University of Texas at Austin
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4/7/23
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As an example of dangerous muses, I was wandering whimsically in the woods when woe is me, a big, bad, and bodaciously bold muse suddenly and sneakily snuck up surreptitiously and smacked me.
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You will excuse me if I confess to being just a tad strange. Well, perhaps it isn’t so much that I am strange as much as I ENJOY strange.
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By Charles Towne
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3/26/23
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Hello, Apopka. It's been a couple of weeks since part two of Postcards from America. In that time, we've remained on the left coast, specifically California.
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I am always pleased to see any member of the bear family in such an intimate setting due to the fact that the bear is where it belongs, and I am the interloper.
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By Charles Towne
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3/19/23
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