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Streets and Roads in the neighborhood and around the corner
Elementary school reading textbooks in the 1950s were titled Streets and Roads. Stories in the books were about a family and their neighborhood. Children named Dick and Jane were the main characters. The children’s story was about places and connections … Continue reading
Posted in Small Town Traditions
Tagged before TV, children's habitats, feels like home, sense of place
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Strange days awesome beauty and nostalgia to cry for
I frequently walked a field road on the northern border of a Southern Illinois farm. Various common hardwood trees created a dense canopy of fall season colors. Strange weather patterns caused an early fall season biological phenomenon. We called the … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural Roots
Tagged children's habitats, crossroads, finding solitude, paradise lost, sense of place
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Mosquitos everywhere and they are big enough to carry you away
Macoupin Creek, in Woodville Township, Illinois, ends at the Illinois River near Hardin. The Illinois River ends, about 20 miles from Hardin, at the Mississippi River near Grafton, Illinois. The fishing cabin my uncle rented at the Illinois River levee … Continue reading
Posted in American History Connections, Recreation and Leisure
Tagged sense of place
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