Walt Pickut
Otto the auto?
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Walter W. Pickut
Ever since the old gray mare and the horse-drawn buckboard went out of style, cars have taken over the roads.
Old-timers and...
Back again… or never left?
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Walter W. Pickut
Every springtime I marvel at the flowers parting the soil from far beneath, like green swords slicing their way up out...
Finding Home Again: Welcome and Safety for Rescued Refugees
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Walter W. Pickut
Whether by war, natural disaster, or famine, people throughout history have too often been forced to flee death and disaster by...
A long walk…
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Walter W. Pickut
I used to take long walks, sometimes for miles and miles. I called it “taking a ride on my legs,” letting...
Positive Perseverance at Pablo’s Auto
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Walt Pickut
They say the longest journey begins with a single step--even if it’s across a tropical sea and nearly 2,000 miles as the...
We all do it…
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Walter W. Pickut
As a matter of fact, it’s pretty hard to imagine not doing it. And if you stopped doing it, you wouldn’t...
Hooktown Holidays – Grass Roots Philanthropy Grows in Warren
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Walter W. Pickut
“All I wanted to do,” long-time Warren resident, Terry Pearson, told the Gazette last week, “was to start a fire.” That...
Oak trees…
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Walter W. Pickut
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s an old saying that just about everybody knows, but...
One hand tied behind my back?
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Walter W. Pickut
It’s an old saying. You’ve probably heard it a thousand times and so have I. Yet it has two almost opposite...
A Better Sharing*
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Walter W. Pickut
Remember that day when you were a kid and Mom, or Dad, or old Aunt Sadie, caught you squabbling over some...