Driven to desperation?

Letter from Dick Conway

The War on Terrorism – March 2002 – Colorado Central Magazine

Dear Martha,

I’ve been upset ever since I read your essay, “We’ve got to learn how to talk about this war” in the February issue. I just didn’t think that someone with your perspective — you always seem to see things so clearly from Salida — would call the heinous acts of September 11 “an unprovoked attack on the United States.”

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Voila, not wallah

Letter from Dick Conway

Dictionary – December 2001 – Colorado Central Magazine

Dear Colorado Central,

Well, Columbine may be a young squirt, but it seems that the cosmopolitan editors would know that “wallah” is really spelled “voila.”

I’m one of your distant readers, having retired to Port Townsend, Washington, from Lamar. Phil Doe sent me a gift sub and he keeps renewing it. If he ever stops, I’ll send my own money. I miss Colorado and I love reading about Salida and things we don’t have here, such as snowstorms. Your description of last spring’s blizzard brought it all to life.

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