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We Are All From Somewhere

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

I’m on my way back to Denver now – a short time in DC; ending a life, starting another. Not a different life, not really, just in a different place – which is the same thing, isn’t it? Or is … Continue reading →

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The Baby Squirrel

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

“Don’t be alarmed,” says the big gruff man as he plops down in the seat next to me on the airplane. Then he gently pulls from an old ski hat a tiny, baby squirrel. “He was abandoned by his mother,” … Continue reading →

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