Trying to Bury Us, Chapter 1 of “Nauvoo”

"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds."- Dino Christianpolus. I live, like many people in this world, in an insignificant place, a bit of geography once used and now forgotten. When I tell local people the name of my town, they snicker, especially those who reside in the more popular tourist …

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“Stop Children What’s that Sound?-Traveling with Forrest Gump

" Paranoia strikes deepInto your life it will creepIt starts when you're always afraid." Song by Stephen Stills Single released by Buffalo Springfield in 1966 This is the song on The Forrest Gump soundtrack that made me tear up. "There's battle lines being drawnNobody's right if everybody's wrong." 53 years later, and turmoil continues. I'm …

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