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Old Roads, New Stories:
Why We Have Eagles
by Rob Carney

September 8, 2019

A Literary Series Because it’s back-to-school time or about to be, and because myths were our first universities, and because the Toxin-in-Ch... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Summer Math Quiz
by Rob Carney

July 23, 2019

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A Literary Series Most of my summer jobs were jobs I got from teachers. I don’t mean they hired me, and I don’t mean jobs in educati... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories: Truth > News, by Rob Carney

Old Roads, New Stories:
Truth > The News
by Rob Carney

June 16, 2019

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A Literary Series Click button above to hear Rob Carney read this edition of Old Roads, New Stories, or click here to download the column i... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Hawk Medicine
by Rob Carney

May 22, 2019

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A Literary Series I-80 West of Laramie, May 5, 2019 Mostly I lose. And even when I win, I still lose. Betting horses. A couple years back, ... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Traveling Through Time
by Rob Carney

April 5, 2019

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A Literary Series Driving West-Northwest on the Interstate There’s a road sign along I-70 near the Utah/Colorado border that says, “Travel... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Down Here on the Cold, Cold Ground
by Rob Carney

February 13, 2019

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A Literary Series With the New Year not so long ago, and in the spirit of resolutions, I plan to spend a minute each mor... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Poems as Rakes
by Rob Carney

January 19, 2019

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A Literary Series So there’s this joke I heard once—I forget where—that goes something like this: A Dean of Humanities ... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Extra Credit If You Read This at Work
by Rob Carney

December 9, 2018

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A Literary Series My wife Jen is telling a story about work. She teaches at Meadowlark Elementary (Go Larks!), and there... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Día de los Muertos
by Rob Carney

October 31, 2018

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A Literary Series Say you’re adrift like I am. Say it’s 81 miles from this spot to Next Services, plus or minus the sun ... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
I’d Rather be a Hawk
by Rob Carney

October 1, 2018

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A Literary Series Like me, my friend Jason hates sestinas. Here’s what he wrote in a poem of his recently: I was at a p... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
In the Beginning was the Word
by Rob Carney

August 17, 2018

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A Literary Series Despite the political time we’re living in now, we can’t let Habit and Lack of Imagination win. Habit ... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Where the Rockies Were Born
by Rob Carney

June 30, 2018

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A Literary Series Take I-90 to St. Regis. Then the road to St. Ignatius. Then north from there, past the church, old and... Read More...