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A ghost story
"No, sir. This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Oct 6 • 
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Golden Spike
Iron nail, lead bullet
Sep 28 • 
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Leaving home
Why would someone leave their home, their friends, their family, everything they've ever known, and walk away?
Sep 15 • 
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Emigrants and Immigrants
on the Oregon Trail
Sep 11 • 
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The Bomb and I
A chain reaction
Aug 9 • 
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Getting the lead out
Chasing triathletes and toxins around Lake Coeur d'Alene
Jul 9 • 
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Unjaded
I'm from the government and I'm here to help. No, really.
Jun 30 • 
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California in Twelve Songs
Soundtrack of a road trip
Apr 21 • 
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Observation
Checking an item off a childhood bucket list.
Apr 19 • 
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Triathlon - a Ghost Story
With a cameo appearance by a shirt
Apr 7 • 
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Mostly Water 2024 review
and 2025 preview
Jan 27 • 
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In Praise of Ferries
Bay of Islands and Rangitoto, New Zealand dispatch #5
Jan 13 • 
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