Inside the January/February 2008 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our January/February 2008 issue. Click on Twelve Months of Nebraska or Schuyler's Benedictine Hospitality to read excerpts from the January/February 2008 issue. Click here to subscribe to Nebraska Life Magazine and receive this issue delivered to your mailbox.
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A photographer's quest to capture the state's beauty on film throughout the year. By Matthew Houska |
Schuyler's Benedictine Hospitality
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St.
Benedict Center and the Benedictine Mission House are "a haven in
the world, but with a cultivated distance from the world." By Molly Garriott |
Red Cloud
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As in Willa Cather's day, people are still coming here in search of a better way of life. By Sheryl Schmeckpeper |
Dry Valley Church
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What a little church in a pasture means to a rural community in the Sandhills of Cherry County. By Gerri Osborn |
Ken Hosmer's Snippets of Life
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Even if he's "painting backward," this North Platte artist is passionate about everyday scenes. By Mike Whye |
Etta's Blizzard
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120 years ago
this January, a 19-year-old teacher named Etta Shattuck was just one of
many people for whom a sudden storm became a matter of life or death. By David Bristow |
Sandhill Seasons at Haythorn Ranch
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A year in the life of Haythorn Land & Cattle Co. near Ogallala, the largest breeder of quarter horses in the United States.
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Plus, Nebraska Kitchens, Storyteller (A Taste of Torture by Craig Pursley), Nebraska Traveler (Ice Climbing in Valentine, Nebraska Printmakers at MONA in Kearney) Road Trip (Rediscovering Harlan County Lake by Jorn Olsen), Flat Water News (Fine Fair Photography, Our New Year's Resolution, How to Start Your Car in the Winter, Watching the Corn Grow at Wessels Living History Farm), Poems by J. J. McKenna, Scott L. Lucas, Mary Avidano and Dwaine Spieker plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Jorn Olsen
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