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Altered Roots, Altered State, Altered Lives

By Suzanne Kelsey

On the prairie, personal history and the history of the land are often so intertwined as to be indistinguishable. Suzanne Kelsey’s memoir of her husband’s family’s acreage illustrates the point.

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Prairie Home

by Thomas Dean

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A Place to Call Home

by Bridget Brandt

A “rubber band community” is one that, no matter how far away you go, you always want to come back. This retired teacher explains.

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Finding A Home: A Young Farmer’s Journey

by Kate Edwards

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My Integrated Life, Part III

by Dartanyan Brown

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The Hottest Car in Town

by Allan Moyer

There was a time for this retired farmer when Saturday night in his small prairie town was a hot car and someone to race.

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Cardinal

by Chris Wiewora

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Violence Against the Earth Is Violence Against Women

by Kandi White, Sebastian Braun

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Roadtrip

by Tracy Harris

What’s an East Coast transplant to do when she doesn’t feel she fits in the Midwest? Fill a car with friends and head for Davenpo…

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What I Learned at the White Horse Ranch

by Dan Weeks

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Pony Rides, Vice-Presidents and Weddings in the Rain

Welcoming the World to Our Farm

by Shirley Moyer

A farm is many things: a business, a home, a way of life. For this farmer, it was a thing to share with the whole town.

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A Child’s First Taste of Freedom

by Sam Cox

A costume, a pillow case, a couple of friends, and a whole town to roam in: that was Halloween for this coffee shop owner.

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Healing the Smallest Casualty

by Randall Hotchkin

It’s a long way from Iraq’s battlefields to running a small town barbershop. But because of a little boy’s smile, maybe not so fa…

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His Ambassador

by Damian Johansson

Grief is this writer’s companion as he drives from Red Wing, Minnesota, to Minneapolis.

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Up Hill Both Ways

Tales We Tell About School

Helen Johnson

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Dating Nebraska

By Dan Weeks

When frequent contributor and native New-Englander Dan Weeks arrived on campus for his first year of college, he met Louise, a rancher’s daughter from the Sandhills of Nebraska. What followed was “ab-so-lute-ly wonderful,” but not at all what he expected.