HeyJaredBill Speer
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The day that changed the world forever (opens the original)
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It's 25 years later as I sit writing this column on 9-11 and the events of that day and the ensuing emotions all come flooding back. The tears and the fears most certainly are there. So is the anger, the shock and the uncertainty of that day. But they aren't all negative emotions. The overriding emotion that I remember was the unity everyone felt. For days and days, it didn't matter whether you were blue or red, male or female, young or old - we all knew we were facing this tragedy, this battle
A dog, a creek, and an environmental plan (opens the original)
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Sometimes being a nice guy leaves you - well - hanging in a precarious position. Such was the case with Luke, a dog we never aspired to own, but that changed when we took one off the hands of friends who could no longer afford to keep him. Luke spent most of his days outside, as was the case on this particular day, when he decided to explore in more detail the creek that ran alongside our property and which separated our family's home from the neighbor's property. The neighbor's daughter chose t
Family vacations have become a tradition (opens the original)
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It's summer and for my family that always meant an annual vacation. In many ways, think of it like a Chevy Chase vacation. As I look back on life now, I realize how blessed my brother and I were to have grown up in a family where a vacation happened every year. That ritual was one my wife and I continued for our family as our boys were growing up - and they continue as well for their families. While the need for a summer vacation hasn't changed all these years, how that vacation looks is quite a
It felt good being Up North (opens the original)
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"North, I knew down deep, was where I belonged, north being as much a philosophy as a direction or destination. You knew when you were there, or you didn’t. Those who couldn’t feel it and embrace it generally only tried it once." ~ Joseph Heywood, "The Snowfly" I've always thought that quote is appropriate for those who call Up North home. As I started out on my trek back North for the Fourth of July holiday I thought of that quote a lot. I was headed back to "home" for 30 plus years, where both
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