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August 30, 2017September 9, 2017crookedcreek.live

Challenge Accepted 2

Challenge Accepted 2 The Crooked Creek Poem Challenge was an idea born over four months ago on Facebook when Cindi Carman used George Ella Lyon’s poem as a template to write her own “Where I’m From” poem. Cindi, an original follower of this blog, has graciously agreed to share that poem here.  Where I’m From […]

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August 28, 2017January 1, 2018crookedcreek.live

Challenge Accepted

Thank you to Syl Mattingly who submitted this poem in response to the challenge of July 29, to write a personal version of the poem by George Ella Lyon, “Where I’m From.” Where I’m From i am from white clover . . . from lightening bugs and night-crawlers i am from the soil in the […]

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August 23, 2017May 11, 2019crookedcreek.live

Solar Eclipse

Totality It is now two days post total eclipse of the sun across the entire United States. It had been ninety-nine years (June 28, 1918) since the last such event, so it is no wonder this was a very big deal! Everyone, citizen or visitor, who experienced this event has their own story to tell. […]

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August 4, 2017January 1, 2018crookedcreek.live

To Shoot or Not

Shooting The topic of guns can bring out very strong feelings. I have strong feelings about the issue at the same time that I support the Second Amendment in the way I believe it was intended. That, however, is not the purpose of this post, since I pledged to not write about political topics and […]

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