| Show WEST OF HEAVEN Bonny Nielson Dahlsrud Box 195 Salina UT 84654 Non-Professional Division Second Honorable Mention Historical Essay Things donchange much here Time has been captured in the stillness of the gray dawn with only occasional reminders of the present new electric wire fences ear tags on the cattle andpick-up truck nearby While the town still sleeps wonder how it was when my father wasboy and his father before him m sure the magic in the sunrise was mixed with the same pastel hues while the morning breeze danced through the wire grass in the same graceful manner imagine they listened to the familiar song of the meadowlark chirping Ephraina pretty little town withcalf bawling in the background chorus m sure they must have felt much the same asdo when they saw the minature temple against the backdrop of distant skies and drank in refreshing gulps of cool morning air stand here inquiet pasture below Ephraim little west of heaven but closer than most dare to guess Source Authorreflections while visiting the Nislson pasture 47 |
