The Melting Pot
I live in a town most people are not familiar with, or if they are familiar with it, there is nothing but hurtful words that escape their mouth. If people would take just one, maybe two hours of...
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In Which I Discover Myself in Argentina
The sun was hot, bright, high in the sky, the twelve o’ clock beams filtering in through the heavy wooden shutters of my window. I smiled, waking up softly as one gently caressed my face, like...
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That’s Where We Wanna Go…Way Down to Kokomo
Sometimes it seems like the Beach Boys were in a state of delusion when the band wrote their well-known song, Kokomo. The song comes on the radio here in Indiana, and we all sit back to think, “I...
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My Small ( Bordering-On-Nonexistent) Town
Eskridge, Kansas. You have probably never heard of this town. Most people, even those who only live a mere 30 miles away, haven’t either. So don’t feel too bad....
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Small Town, Big Heart
To prove to you that Ho-Ho-Kus, located in New Jersey, is the best town, let me show you around. First things first, you have to eat...
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Home Is Where You Make It
Where is home? Well I've always said that home is where you make it, but Versailles, Indiana is the place I was raised at and it is where I continue...
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The Long and Winding Way
Every path, no matter how long and winding it can be, has a horizon. Every long walk, no matter how tiring and tedious it is for a small child walking with her parents, ends at an unforeseen destination,...
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True Colors of Castro
I came out to myself during college. I never accepted my sexuality prior and this drove me to the point of madness. I desired to know and understand who I was as a gay and I knew that the only place where...
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Welcome to the Ojai Valley
The Ojai Valley is surrounded by mountains and hills and the small town lies among the...
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Hometown Haven
Yearning to visit a small, personable...
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