Sunny Side Up Memories of the past, hope for the future Susan Bennett Feb 15, 2023 Feb 15, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This stage of my life is kind of an odd juxtaposition of memories of my past and hopes for my future especially when it comes to my family.kAmx’G6 @7E6? D2:5 H92E 2 H@?56C7F= 49:=59@@5 x 925[ 3C28865 @? :E C62==J] x 925 EH@ A2C6?ED H9@ =@G65 6249 @E96C[ D:3=:?8D E92E[ 2=E9@F89 E96C6 36:?8 BF:E6 2? 286 82A 7C@> 7:CDE E9C66 E@ >J 3C@E96C 2?5 x[ H6C6 2=H2JD 4=@D6 2?5 92AAJ E@ DA6?5 E:>6 E@86E96C] x 925 4@FD:?D E92E x 8C6H FA H:E9 A=2J:?8 H6== E@86E96C 5FC:?8 72>:=J 86E\E@86E96CD 2?5 DE2J:?8 2E 6249 @E96C’D 9@FD65 :? E96 DF>>6C] x 8C6H FA :? E96 D2>6 9@FD6 F?E:= x =67E 7@C 4@==686] |2?J @7 >J 7C:6?5D 7C@> >J 49:=59@@5 H6?E 7C@> z:?56C82CE6? E@ D6?:@C J62C H:E9 >6 2?5 x 42? DE:== E6== J@F H96C6 >@DE @7 E96> 2C6 E@52J] {:76 H2D 62DJ] {:76 H2D 8@@5] x 5:5?’E C62==J 92G6 >F49 @7 2 42C6 :? 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Sarah Neben: Party in the pasture Dan and I attended the “Party in the Pasture” aka the 2026 Cattlemen’s Ball last Saturday north of Cozad.
Paul Hammel: Nebraska: it really has a lot of cool stuff to see/experience Memorial Day has come and gone, so it’s time to hit the road.
Paul Hammel: Getting straight answers — and not half answers — harder and harder A crusty, old state worker once told me that “the story of government is not what is said is not so, it is what is so is not said.”
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