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Taking control of our destiny

The odds were stacked against Don Hussey. At an early age and for most of his childhood, Hussey was surrounded by hatefulness, heavy drinking, deprivation, foul language, cracks in the head, abject poverty, and people going nowhere. Having been subjected to one hardship followed by another, anyone would have surely dismissed any chance he might […]

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When you look back on your life, what do you remember?

There are not many people who can still say that they remember the Great Depression.  There are even less who can illustrate the impact this event can have in one lifetime. In his debut book, Chasing After the Wind…and Then? Frank Beasley combines enchanting stories from his youth during the Great Depression with poetry written […]