Inside the May/June 2010 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our May/June 2010 issue. Click here to subscribe to Nebraska Life Magazine and receive this issue delivered to your mailbox.
The Colors of Eastern Nebraska
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Flora paints our eastern landscape with a color palette for spring and summer. Photographs by Steve and Bobbi Olson |
The Illustrated Life of Mike Hagel
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Pulling from history and personal family recollections, this Omaha illustrator has created his own brand of Americana art. Story by Molly Garriott Artwork by Mike Hagel
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The May 1975 Omaha Tornado
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It lasted less than half an hour, but by the time it was done, it had become one of the costliest tornados in U.S. history. We remember the day, the event and the people connected by it 35 years ago. Story by Mike Whye |
One man, his bike and 91 restaurants
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Why in the world would anyone ride 3,100 miles back and forth across Nebraska? Ron Snell has the answer. Story by Ron Snell Photographs by Tammy Snell |
Little Salt Fork Marsh: Salt of the Earth
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Besides being wet and salty, writer Phil Weitl and our photographers found Story by Phil Weitl Photographs by Joel Sartore and Chris Helzer |
Pit Spitting in Sargent
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How a Custer County town pulls together through thick and . . . spit. By Kristen Friesen and Christopher Amundson |
Ogallala Lilacs at Meadowlark Hill
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If a month could have a scent, May’s would surely be lilac. Perkins County Story and photographs by Christopher Amundson |
The Pony Express
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At nearly 500 miles, the Nebraska leg is the longest of the eight-state ride that got its start 150 years ago. Story by Jeff Barnes |
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens, In the Wild (Great Blue Heron), Storyteller (Bathtub Catfish, The Early Preacher), Nebraska Traveler (Nebraska's Great Park Pursuit: Get off the Couch and Park it!, Roca's Stories, One Weekend in Omaha, Celebrating Summer Swedish Style) Flat Water News (Lincoln's King Kong and the 2010 Special Olympics, Community Spells Good News for North Bend Eagle, Holt County Addresses its Graduates, Fly-by shootings, Grand Island's Ready Welcome: 2010 Nebraska State Fair), Poems (Longer Days, The First Peony, Postcards, A New Coat for June, Sunrise Early June, Moon Rising Over the Platte, Sense of Place, I Fell in Love with My Life, Angle of Appreciation) plus the latest Nebraska books in Writers and Artists, and a “Last Look” photo from Christopher Amundson.
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