Inside the November/December 2008 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our November/December 2008 issue. Click on Refined Gold: Omaha's Gold Coast, Bridgeport: Hub of Opportunity or On the Trail of Old Jules for slideshows of more images and to read excerpts from the November/December issue. Click here to subscribe to Nebraska Life Magazine and receive this issue delivered to your mailbox.
Refined Gold: Omaha's Gold Coast
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This mid-town
neighborhood endures from a time when a man’s home was his castle,
literally. Story by Jeff Barnes Photographs by Jeff Barnes and Steve and Bobbi Olson |
Bridgeport: Hub of Opportunity
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At
the base of Courthouse and Jail rocks, this Panhandle town sees opportunity
all around. By Steve and Bobbi Olson |
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A 90-mile road trip following one of Nebraska’s most influential writers and her famous father.
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Toadstool's Alien Landscape
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Sioux County's geologic park from the perspective of one photographer. Story and Photos by Justin Wambold |
Patchwork of the World
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Lincoln's International Quilt Studies Center and Museum preserves heritage and handiwork. Story by Sheryl Schmeckpeper Photographs by Bruce Thorson |
Sandhills Artists: Bonded in Friendship Along the Middle Loup River
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Thomas County's artist-friends Jackie Sevier and Linda Egle. Story by Gerri Peterson Photographs by Christopher Amundson |
Greenwood's Sweet Spot: The Baker Family Confectioners
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How one inventor and his family came to make the world's finest chocolates. Story by Whitney Keyes Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
The Altruistic Cardinal
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Exploring an ornithological mystery with Nebraska's leading bird expert. Story by Paul A. Johnsgard |
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens, Storyteller (The Day the Governor Came to Lunch by Ruth Anne Hartman, Memo from Santa to Nebraska by Aaron Householder), Nebraska Traveler (Holidays abloom in Omaha, MONA hosts "Traces of Our Past: Artifacts by the First Nebraskans") Flat Water News (Call for Tall Tale Submissions, The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, Honoring Elvira in Merrick County, Grand Island's Plain Jane'z Candle Company), Poems by Wanda Duennerman, Dwaine Spieker and Mary Avidano plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Bobbi and Steve Olson
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