TABLE FOR ONE: My lucky day
Recounting a stressful day's close calls
Posted: August 26, 2009 at 6:04 a.m.
I couldn't sleep the other night due to worrying about my appointment with the dermatologist for minor surgery the following morning. I tossed and turned. But it was my lucky day. The Arkansas and Missouri train that rumbles in and out of Fayetteville was on a night run to Fort Smith. I listened to the engine whistle as it moved through the night, crossing North Street and Dickson Street as it rumbled on south towards Greenland.
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