From Gene’s Notebook
…a military recruiter in desert camouflage, ends the final paper work with a
skinny high school grad who’s overcoming pimples; she’s wearing a track t-shirt
from her high school; the recruiter is in a hurry and urges her to sign more
papers, and soon she’ll be off to basic training ….
Eugene “Gene” Novogrodsky
July, 2009

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From Gene’s Notebook
…the 83-year old soybean and wheat farmer, truck driver, too, is burning rubbish. “The doctors messed up my medication. I can’t walk without gasping. I’ve rented out my sections (640-acres per section), and this is the first year
I haven’t driven a truck or put in a crop in decades, except for [...]

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