The Grocery Store Penny Horse (1)

2 May 2013 • Category: The Individual Voice

Does anyone out there remember the penny horse ride at the grocery store? This was a relatively large horse for a kid’s ride. Well, it seemed large as a kid and perhaps if I saw the same ride today, it would pale in comparison. I write this article today because stores no longer have these [...]

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Vervain (2)

When visiting Denver, I always make it a point to lose myself for a couple hours inside Capitol Hill Books. When you walk through the door, you are greeted by the unmistakable scent of old books. Anyone who has ever been in a used book store knows exactly what I mean. It is sort of [...]

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I thought it odd that I was sitting in the back of the limousine by myself. I should have known at that moment something was going to go wrong. I fumbled with all the buttons and felt that all the extravagance this monstrosity of a vehicle provided was wasted on me. I discovered the control [...]

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Sometimes . . . . (0)

I am terrified by all the things happening in this world I cannot control such as the North Korea conflict, oil and gas companies hell bent on destroying our planet while trying to earn as much money as possible (Don’t they realize that the money they make will be worthless once there is nothing around [...]

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