The good old days in Homer
There, life was an Odyssey
If you look at a map of downstate Illinois and highlight the highways and railroads, you’ll see there are large sections of land where tiny villages hide from the bright lights and city life.
These are places where kids still pause and look up at the sky when they hear a helicopter overhead because it’s so rare that they get to see one. The piercing scream of an ambulance siren can become the topic of conversation for weeks.
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