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Comanche Attack

Posted on May 27, 2026 by Caryn

Jedediah Smith, while most people didn’t know it, was one of the nation’s most important trapper-explorers. Smith’s contributions to exploring the Far West weren’t fully appreciated until modern scholars studied the records of his extensive travels. Like other mountain men, … Continue reading →

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Blue Sunset

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Caryn

Standing on Mars, as the sunset radiates its final blue hues, one might wonder if humans will ever live there. Of course, it isn’t us that is standing there watching the strange-looking sunset, but one of the rovers placed there … Continue reading →

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Summertime Fun Things

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Caryn

My grandnephew, Jaxon Killinger is such a sweet boy. Even though he is turning seven today, he is really good friends with his cousin, Elliott Stevens, who is just four now. The age difference doesn’t matter, because he chooses to be good friends with her, and they just seem to click somehow. Continue reading →

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Surrender Is Not An Option

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Caryn

In reality, they gave science a bad name. The calculations made by German scientists before the invasion of Leningrad was launched in September of 1941, estimated that as many as 30 million Russian civilians would succumb to starvation. Continue reading →

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Bridge Of Sighs

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Caryn

I have never traveled to what is supposed to be one of the most romantic cities in the world…Venice, in Italy, but like most people, I find the city, and especially the buildings to be very beautiful. The bridges in the city are especially beautiful, but some may be very misunderstood Continue reading →

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When Venice Floods

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Caryn

When people think of Venice, Italy, they think of the canals and the boats. I think most of us think the city is pretty much streets of water, and buildings that somehow stand in the water…strong and immovable against the water. Continue reading →

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Traffic Jam

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Caryn

Living in Wyoming, the one thing we can be sure of is that traffic jams are extremely uncommon here. About the only way we are going to have a traffic jam Continue reading →

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Amy’s Creative Side

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Caryn

When my daughter, Amy Royce and her family moved out to the Pacific Northwest, it was initially to get away from the cold Wyoming winters, but it has been an amazing adventure for them in many ways. Amy always loved … Continue reading →

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Taking It All In Stride

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Caryn

My grand niece, Raelynn Masterson is turning 13 today. Turning 13 is an exciting, mixed up, trying time in that persons life, but Raelynn…or Rae, as she is known to her family, is taking it pretty much in stride. She … Continue reading →

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New Horizons

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Caryn

As hard as it is to see your children move far away, sometimes there is an aspect of it that truly warms your heart. That is how it has been for me in this first year of the new journey … Continue reading →

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