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From Sea to Sea
River Plate To Lake Michigan
by
Nelda Bedford Gaydou
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.
Text Copyright © 2018 Nelda Bedford Gaydou
All rights reserved.
Published 2018 by
Progressive Rising Phoenix Press, LLC
www.progressiverisingphoenix.com
ISBN: 978-1-946329-61-5
Cover Illustration and book layout by Sabrina Bedford
Visit www.msgbedford.com
For my parents, with love and gratitude
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my brother, David A. Bedford, for all his practical help and encouragement and my niece, Sabrina Bedford, for her delightful artwork.
Table of Contents
Shellbacks and Pollywogs
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Humpty Dumpty
Solar System
A Monument to Cooperation
Who Is Going to Help You Now?
Par for the Course
AWOL
Gaining Traction
Business as Usual
Quite an Impact
Rail Jockeys and Dragons
Westward Ho!
Matchmaker
Just Be Natural
Colleagues and Coworkers
Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina
From Hero to Villain
Apartment 3C
Murals, Clock Chains and Soccer Scores
Musical Houses
The Hub of the South Plains
Sightseeing on a Shoestring
My Buenos Aires
Moving in the Right Direction
Open Hearts
Showers of Blessings
On the Way to School
Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman
Career Suicide?
Horse Trading
In Glorious Technicolor
An Awkward Question
Here, There and Everywhere
Building Blocks
Parenthesis
A Rough Start
Jumpstart
Ghost Student
“Urches”
More Mortar!
A Surfeit of Celebration
Turn, Turn, Turn
Outreach
SOS
Girls’ Day Out
Empty Nest
Motorcycles and Bone Fragments
Stopgaps
An Unexpected Turn of Events
Jugglers
Gauchos and Giraffes
Cycle of Life
Shell-Shocked
