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Facilitating Progress

sit comfortably in my granddaughter’s minivan as we inch along the elevated superhighway that spreads over the land where my grandfather’s farm once stood. Looking East to where the mountains meet the sky, I am glad to see that at least the view has not changed. Daydreaming, I find myself back on Grandpa’s rocking chair on the wraparound porch, admiring the hills

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