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

February 13, 2019

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...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Environmental Clean-Up
by Rob Carney

May 28, 2018

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A Literary Series Salt Lake City: It made the newspaper here—this weed that’s swallowed the foothills and taken hold in... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Hello, Poetry Month
by Rob Carney

April 27, 2018

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A Literary Series I was walking across campus recently. It was squint-bright sunny. There were puddles on the grou... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Seven Seeds
by Rob Carney

April 1, 2018

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A Literary Series Some things, even important things like another news day of scandal (the whole ditch-flow of murk whe... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
What Would You Do with a Mini Canoe?
by Rob Carney

March 9, 2018

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A Literary Series One day my son up and told me, “Hey, Dad, I know a good job for you.” “Yeah?” I said. “What’s that?”... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Two Cures for Billboards
by Rob Carney

February 10, 2018

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A Literary Series In the Blue Mountains up in Oregon, they don’t mess around. It’s different than eastern Washing... Read More...