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        • Fletcher Family
      • The Overland Stage: 11 – Pass Creek to Bridger Station
      • The Overland Stage: 12 – Bridger Pass to Duck Lake
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      • The Overland Stage: 14 – LaClede to Almond
      • The Overland Stage: 15 – Almond to Rock Springs
      • The Overland Stage: 16 – Rock Springs to Fort Bridger
      • The Overland Stage: 17 – Fort Bridger to Weber Station

I find I don’t wish to explore new lands, but to explore again those I have already passed through, trying to see what I’d missed in the first hectic rush … Gerard Van der Leun

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Tunes For Tuesday – Arthur Brown “Fire”

The New American Digest Posted on January 14, 2025 by DTFebruary 4, 2025

I want to try this out as a regular “feature”. I have a very weird span in taste of music; thought I’d share some tunes I enjoy on Tuesdays.
Why Tuesday? “Tunes For Monday” just doesn’t have the same ring.

Some you may like, some you may not, some you may not of ever heard of

My first selection was picked for its timely appropriateness.

Not that I have any sympathy for LA – but there’s a lot of people there that don’t deserve this
… mixed in with way too many of those that voted for it, profited from their vote, and deserve every bit of it.

And I was lying in the grass
By a river
And as I lay, the grass turned to sand
And the river turned to a sea
And suddenly the sea burst into flames
And the sand was burning
And I breathed in
And there was smoke in my lungs
And there was fire in my brain!
And I looked around me
And there were all these shapes being sucked into the flames
And they were rising and trying to escape
And I knew that I had to get out
And I looked above me and I saw a shape
That was smiling down at me and beckoning, saying
“Come on home!”
And I raised myself and I tried to get outta the flames
And I was getting higher and higher and higher and higher
And I reached out towards the shape
And as I reached out the shape shed
And my hands were empty!
And I was falling!
I was falling
Falling
Falling
I was falling into the flames
And I knew that I was gonna burn!
I was gonna burn!
Oh it’s so hot in here!
Let me out! please!


You fought hard and you saved and earned
But all of it’s going to burn
And your mind, your tiny mind
You know you’ve really been so blind
Now’s your time, burn your mind
You’re falling far, too far behind
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
You’re gonna burn

Fire, to destroy all you’ve done
Fire, to end all you’ve become
I’ll feel you burn

You’ve been living like a little girl
In the middle of your little world
And your mind, your tiny mind
You know you’ve really been so blind
Now’s your time, burn your mind
You’re falling far, too far behind

Fire, I’ll take you to burn
Fire, I’ll take you to learn
You’re gonna burn
You’re gonna burn
You’re gonna burn, burn, burn, burn,
burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, bu

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As A Side Note …

The New American Digest Posted on January 13, 2025 by DTJanuary 13, 2025

Not only have I been working on this site, I’ve been dealing with other issues on a couple of other systems (^%$#%& Windows) plus arguing with an important site I’ve used for 6 years that recently decided to “improve” their product.

I just saw it; some of you may have as well. I sent this to them – they’re code bunnies so probably won’t get the point – but I didn’t care to resist putting up here as well.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP49OzGlHiRPrfTU8dct0Ta8kqg5IpWdy0uLhq2Wpy40hi_z8gdGvmF5voFUx9aLsNgVXLagcKsDEXVGcGQ1Yp5-MeeNXx7yJnixwLC_sAeH0_TvGdteBrotSm4viMOluGvYj6yosFmrES_UQ8JyhiCaVNkJi74ko5za3e1KcugQHHyHJM4GOoAPwKlyM/s677/Meme%20-%20the%20programmer's%20lament.png
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Coming On Sunrise

The New American Digest Posted on January 13, 2025 by DTJanuary 13, 2025
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Out In The Great Basin

The New American Digest Posted on January 12, 2025 by DTJanuary 12, 2025
Occasionally the herds will gather in the remote valleys and they seem thick as buffalo.
They spook easy though – then nothing left but a cloud of dust hanging in the air.
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Escape!

The New American Digest Posted on January 11, 2025 by DTJanuary 11, 2025
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Out And About

The New American Digest Posted on January 10, 2025 by DTJanuary 10, 2025

For where it is, this is an improved road. My kind of country.

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Canadian Fruit Market

The New American Digest Posted on January 9, 2025 by DTJanuary 9, 2025
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Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

The New American Digest Posted on January 8, 2025 by DTJanuary 8, 2025

Oh, the joys of site administration … 🙂
“Requested mail action aborted, mailbox not found“

I really shouldn’t complain about fake email addresses ’cause I do it myself sometimes.

However – just to let you know – sometimes I’d like to ask some of the readers here if I have permission to turn some of their comments into posts. I’d prefer not to do that in open forum; I make such requests through the site email service.

In any case, if this did turn into a subscription site (to block hackers and trolls) like Gerard implemented in the later days of American Digest, a legit email address would be necessary for confirmation – especially if a subscription fee became necessary.

Your choice though – but this is supposed to be a community site.

Comments, please.

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Now, Now Folks

The New American Digest Posted on January 8, 2025 by DTJanuary 8, 2025

Re: Some earlier comments on an earlier post.

I don’t know who’s wrong or right and won’t take sides other than ghostsniper is a regular. I’m not sure who Clementine is but he/she/it is also welcome here.

Point being, I really don’t want this site to turn into a platform for pissing matches.
I have a hard enough time being “nice” myself.

I get enough nastiness reading the news and this site is intended to help me – and all of you – maybe escape all that.

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Silversmith

The New American Digest Posted on January 8, 2025 by DTJanuary 8, 2025
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Gerard Van der Leun
12/26/45 - 1/27/23


Gerard's Last Post
(posthumous): Feb 4, 2023
"So Long. See You All a Little Further Down the Road"

When my body won’t hold me anymore
And it finally lets me free
Where will I go?
Will the trade winds take me south through Georgia grain?
Or tropical rain?
Or snow from the heavens?
Will I join with the ocean blue?
Or run into a savior true?
And shake hands laughing
And walk through the night, straight to the light
Holding the love I’ve known in my life
And no hard feelings

Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings

The following was posted along with the announcement of Gerard's passing.
Leonard Cohen - Going Home

For a 2005 interview with Gerard


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    When I lived in Raton, we'd often go shopping in Trinidad. Hwy 12 is an interesting road - better yet…

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    It's likely a limestone bedding layer.

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    Highway 12 out of Trinidad still has a row of coke ovens across the road from Cokedale. Love that area;…

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play a song for me
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In the jingle jangle morning,
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