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28 January 2024

I Am a ‘River Rat’

I was born in Marysville, Kansas on the Big Blue River. Except for five years on the farm in Marshall County, 12 miles from Marysville, I’ve lived in river towns all my life, and even then, I still swam and fished in the Blue. I’ve lived in Topeka and Lawrence, KS on the Kaw, I’ve lived in Kansas City, Kansas at the confluence of the Kaw and the Missouri, I’ve lived in Edmonton, Alberta on the North Saskatchewan, and I’ve lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa, back on the Mighty Mo. I’ve been a River Rat all my life. Now, I’ve come full circle. I live in Wilber, Nebraska, where, by the grace of God, I will probably die, and Wilber is on the Big Blue, the river I learned to swim in and fish in almost 70 years ago. I hope to still have many years of fishing in the Big Blue, though I doubt I’ll be doing much swimming in it. I am 76 years old after all!
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous29 January 2024 at 01:51

    There's a little riveret that runs through my hometown named Council Creek. My friend would hunt tadpoles and frogs there and I would tag along and wonder why. Now whenever we drive by I say there's Council Creek and repeat the story. It's curious how that works, it's sort of like water holds memory.

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