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Send us Fan Mail Saturday was exciting and exhausting.  Daryl's injury kept him from sleeping soundly, but as the boys start their second day in the woods, their energy is high.    It hasn't occurred to them that they are lost.        

Send us Fan Mail See through the eyes of the young and innocent: faced with challenges they had not imagined, hardship and adventure in which they triumphed and failed, pain they suffered and evil they were to confront.  An American tale of young boys during World War II living in Vancouver, Washington.

Send us Fan Mail A Winter Visit To TEXAS in February;  what a great idea.   So, what could possibly go wrong?

Send us Fan Mail It's New Year's Eve at the Gas & Grill.  A terrible snowstorm is bearing down on the area.  The lights go out all over town.  A desperate man stumbles in the door ...

Send us Fan Mail Our town is decorated and everyone is getting ready for Christmas.   What happens when the kids have a great idea and want to surprise the whole town?       It's going to take hard work but they can do it. 

Send us Fan Mail In our town, news travels fast.  There is a newspaper in the nearby town of Bloomfield, but it only comes out once a week and most times is way behind the news.  Besides that, it hardly ever tells the whole story.  This week's letter to Brett fills in some of the gaps; the wreck, the fire, the Pavillion, and more.

Send us Fan Mail Back in The Day learning to drive horses was a challenge, still is for Amish today.  The challenge we reached for were mechanical marvels; an old Oliver tractor, a 32 Ford truck.  The story of how I learned to drive the truck is part of family history.

Send us Fan Mail Not much going on this week till the Department of Transportation showed up to do a project on Main street.    We were on TV waving and shouting encouragement.   We're OK.  The firemen have left.

Send us Fan Mail MAGGIE the CAT.  If you missed this story - it's back again.  It is the most popular of all the short stories on the NO JUNK MAIL podcast. Maggie the cat; what can I say.   Cats are a special thing in our town, especially Maggie who was never domesticated but decided to become part of our family anyway.    Her adventure -- going to the vets, is one of the stories of our town...

Send us Fan Mail Conspiracy, conspiracy, conspiracy, they're all around us.  And, they're driving us to distraction at the Gas&Grill.  Listen in as the discussion jumps from one to another.

Send us Fan Mail Where do young men get the courage required to stand up to adversity?  Fred Meeks, our barber in Bloomfield tells us his story. 

Send us Fan Mail Panic, light sabers,  Messiah Concert.  Kansas City is a great place to visit.  At least it is normally.   It can be a place you'll never forget.

Send us Fan Mail It's springtime once again in our town.  We make an effort to keep things as nice as possible.  We clean up all the debris that has been accumulating on the roads through the winter and even have a "Cleanup Day" where volunteers help dispose of old appliances or anything else people want to get rid of.   We kick off the process with a meeting at the Gas & Grill....

Send us Fan Mail Gangs, shoot-outs, Ray in jail: it's all too outlandish to believe, or is it?  Vickie told us the story at the Gas & Grill after Ray went home to rest.

Send us Fan Mail There are treasures everywhere you look.  Today I'm visiting with a treasure.  A brief dialogue and pure gold.

Send us Fan Mail Every year the men of our county have a get-together at Southfork.  This year's no different.  The snow was deep, the temperature below zero, and the stories were flying.   JB Efferin, the storyteller from Harry Nation was there.   Don't miss it!

Send us Fan Mail The New Year.    Everyone has a new year's resolution.  Our town though just keeps grinding on.  Life is like a river.  You can have high tide or low but it keeps going.   And the quality of life; it is amazing when you look around and see what's happening.  

Send us Fan Mail It's New Year's Eve at the Gas & Grill.  A terrible snowstorm is bearing down on the area.  The lights go out all over town.  A desperate man stumbles in the door ...

Send us Fan Mail Our town is decorated and everyone is getting ready for Christmas.   What happens when the kids have a great idea and want to surprise the whole town?       It's going to take hard work but they can do it.  

Send us Fan Mail After Thanksgiving blues.....NO WAY!  There's lots going on in our town.  In fact, it's one of the busiest times of the year: fights at the town hall, construction rush before the snow falls, Christmas lists to make, etc., etc., etc.  Oh, and some shady goings on too.

Send us Fan Mail In our town, there is always something to do.   Fall is no exception.  It's the little things that add up to a lot if you don't do it now before the snow flies.

Send us Fan Mail The Corn Show is over.  There's nothing left to see but the clean-up crew doing their job, however,  there is some news, especially about the visitor from Chicago.

Send us Fan Mail Not much going on this week till the Department of Transportation showed up to do a project on Main street.    We were on TV waving and shouting encouragement.   We're OK.  The firemen have left.

Send us Fan Mail Maggie the cat; what can I say.   Cats are a special thing in our town, especially Maggie who was never domesticated but decided to become part of our family anyway.    Her adventure -- going to the vets, is one of the stories of our town narrated in NO JUNK MAIL.