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Don’t just stand there…
My Grandpa Lynn used to tell me there were three types of people in the world. “People who make things happen. People who watch things happen. And people who don’t know what the heck is happening.” That is what I found myself thinking about this morning, while on the elliptical machine and watching the large…
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Danger in the Water ~ Chapter 2
Danger in the Water Grant would have been dead for sure, if the old miner hadn’t heard Perly’s desperate cries for help. He took a step forward and winced. Looking down he saw a small trail of blood and realized it was his. Whether it happened while he ran along the river’s shore yelling for…
