Unheralded

JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Sept. 11 Thoughts Revisited

Posted on by Jim Fuglie 1 Comment on JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Sept. 11 Thoughts Revisited

This is a re-run of something I wrote a dozen years ago, Sept. 11, 2011. And now I’m going to forget what today’s date is and have a good day in the garden. Yes, it has been a long 10 years. On August 29, 2001, I sat beside my wife’s bed as she looked up at her doctor, exhausted, pale and …

Continue reading “JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Sept. 11 Thoughts Revisited”
Unheralded

JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Yes, It’s Sept. 11 — Again

Posted on by Jim Fuglie 1 Comment on JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Yes, It’s Sept. 11 — Again

Sept.11 has mostly come and gone. The 20th anniversary of what has become simply “9-11.” I did nothing to observe that anniversary. I did not watch television, or read the newspaper stories about the events of 20 years ago. Instead, I did things I would always do on a Saturday in September. I swam at the Y. I went for …

Continue reading “JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Yes, It’s Sept. 11 — Again”