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  • My brief attempt at a career as a rock music columnist
  • Tragedy has the cruelly ironic capacity for instantly transforming a young person's ephemera into their legacy
  • Dear kids, your dad wishes you a happy future
  • Personal history isn't limited to those people in your family tree
  • Fond remembrances of a true Railroad Man from Council Bluffs
  • Remembering Jim Pollock: A good friend, gone too soon
  • Remembering Dad on the 97th anniversary of his birth
  • My (embarrassingly) brief career in law enforcement
  • Natural disasters rob people of more than "stuff"
  • Don't let the artifacts of your family's history slip away
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