It has been only 4 days since my friend Stuart and I attended the last day of the National Western Stock Show here in Denver, but already I am feeling kind of nostalgic about it. Attending that event was kind of like visiting an America from a different era, one that emphasized children, family, and a rural lifestyle all but forgotten in today's modern world. Everyone there seemed happy, relaxed, and friendly, and nobody objected to having their photograph taken. The Stock Show symbolizes a lifestyle that amazingly still exists in places like Nebraska, Kansas, and Wyoming. On the other hand, all those places have cows and cow byproducts everywhere you go (or step), and the entertainment options are a bit limited. And therefore, if it is indeed paradise there, it is definitely paradise with an asterisk attached.
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