U.S. bombs detonate abroad, while in Kansas silent explosions threaten healthcare access

By: David Norlin

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 816

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Our latest job at home has been cleaning landscape rock. Ten-plus years accumulating blown-in dirt and weeds had converted a soothing, smooth, colorful, rocky mini-plain into a mini-jungle. Hundreds of dirt-rock shovel loads later, washed clean with a friend’s rock-washing screen, the place glistens, eager for new plantings.

My back moaned at me, but I silenced it by giving it a temporary break — the secret weapon of the retired. Restoring something to its previous …

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