Tag: history
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Bringing Funnel Cakes to Homecomers
Nervous parents take a risk, driving to Jackson, Missouri in 1981. What starts as a five-minute chat becomes a glimpse into how a Homecomers tradition was born.
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Coincidence, Conspiracy Theory, or Glitch in the Matrix?
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana, philosopher When we’re kids I don’t think we stop to think about the consequences of our actions. That’s not true. I’m confident we don’t give it a second thought. Why would we? We’re kids! We are supposed to be having fun, playing,…
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The EPA, PFAS, and Jim’s Cow
“Doc, you sure this ain’t all that serious?” Jim watched Doc move strategically around the sick bovine, using a stethoscope to hear for anything abnormal. “I got more than 6,000 head needin’ to be well enough to sell some. I can’t very well go to market and not talk about what this old gal has.…
5 Minute Observations 