What the Stars Saw on the Prairie
On the western prairie, nestled against a hill, there is an unexpected forest: shade and water abound. Travelers on the Oregon Trail rested here before returning to the treacherous journey. One summer that forest was all I dreamed of.
[That would be the summer I was injured and confined to the apartment. What I’d have given then to be able to go west! Since then, I have gone west!]