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Molly and the Cat Who Stole Her Tongue: An Interview with Lucy Bell and Linda Martin

Fiction, Interviews, Writings / By Eric Stephenson

Recently, US Represented caught up with Colorado Springs author Lucy Bell and illustrator Linda Martin to discuss their collaboration on a newly published children’s book. Molly and the Cat Who Stole Her Tongue is a ten-chapter, 10,000-word adventure story for six to ten-year-olds (though any age would find it enjoyable). It has 22 illustrations that bring […]

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D-Day, 1944: A Black Veteran Remembers

Biography, Creative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

We have lost one more World War II veteran. Richard L. Walker, born May 7, 1924, passed away on October 26, 2020. Son of William Walker, M.D., one of the first black physicians in Colorado Springs, Richard walked the body-strewn Normandy beach with his battalion on a forced march to Cherbourg shortly after D Day,

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Of Yucca Moths and Four-Leaf Clovers

Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Greenwoman, Open Channel / By a featured contributor

The creamy blossom beckoned to me that early Sunday morning and when I opened the petals, I saw her. My first yucca moth! Nestled near a pollen-heavy stamen, she shifted her position as the sun flooded her hideaway. My job as a volunteer naturalist at Cheyenne Mountain State Park had immersed me in the amazing

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Growing Up: From Otters to Elvis

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I had a pet otter for about two years when I was growing up in the dusty farming town of Fessenden, North Dakota. His name was Joe and we played together quite a lot. My best friend, Carol, played with him, too. I should mention Joe was imaginary. Carol had a bird named Hi-low who

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Don’t Give Up: The Legacy of Franklin Macon

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Franklin Macon, who passed away at his home on November 22, 2020 at the age of 97, was one of only two remaining original Tuskegee airmen. After lengthy stays at care centers following an illness, he was happy to finally go home to his own house in the neighborhood that he had grown up in

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Seeing the World

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2017 Interview by Lucy Bell with WWII Veteran, Joe Morgan, Colorado Springs, CO Joseph Morgan Born June 8, 1926, Died July 15, 2019 Served in US Army 1946-48, Fort Benning, Georgia Joe sits on his shaded front porch facing Fountain Boulevard in the house he bought when Claudia and he got married in 1950.

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James Weldon Johnson and the Promise of America

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A Clarence Page article from February 18, 2023 discusses the current MAGA reaction to the performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the Super Bowl pregame. Claiming that it is the Negro National Anthem and further divides our country disregards the facts. Here’s how it all began. In 1900 James Weldon Johnson—citizen of Jacksonville,

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Silent Auction

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Several years ago, before Amazon made book collecting possible with the touch of a computer key, I did it the old-fashioned way. This is a story about cowboys and Indians and a skirmish that took place at the Sand Creek Library Book Sale. I lost. It all started when a

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Skunk!

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Midnight on a hot July night. My husband and I, sound asleep, woke up in a flash as 50 pounds of panicked Labrador jumped on my chest. Our dog, Sparky, had straddled me, of course! Mom! The one who feeds him, walks him and saves him from scary things. “Sparky! What

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Whoopee!

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Andy has new sneakers. He holds one leg up so the kids seated at their desks can see the NIKE lettering better. It is Show and Tell time in my first-grade class. I believed Show and Tell was a worthwhile activity for a couple reasons. 1. It gave the children a chance to practice public

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