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The Back Ditch: Where Anything is Possible
Behind my parents’ house lies a narrow strip of land—a shallow ditch choked with honey locusts and gnarled maple trees, their branches tangled in a chaos of vines, thorny shrubs, and poison ivy. As an adult, it’s easy to see it for what it is: an untended boundary line offering a modest bit of privacy…
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American Nomads
Before diving into this piece, I want to share that it’s an abridged version of my full article in American Heartland Magazine. You can read the entire story, along with more of my work, at https://americanheartlandmagazine.com. I hope this glimpse inspires you to explore more of the heartland’s hidden stories and unexpected places. Back in…
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One of These Trees Is Not Like the Others
The West Virginian winter wasn’t quite what my midwestern mind had imagined. In fact, it didn’t seem much like winter at all. The inches of snow, crisp, dry air, or cutting ice-cold wind was nowhere to be seen. It certainly appeared to me like I was plucked right out of a pile of raked leaves…
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Twelve Hours In… Sheboygan, WI
Not everyone always wants to take cross-continental road trips or spend hours on a plane to have new experiences. In this series, I look for those towns, and other rarely talked about locations that may be worth a quick day trip or weekend adventure. I spend twelve hours in a place, exploring, talking to locals,…
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