Ken Maglothin:  

My what a difference a few years make. I have now officially slowed down some. Still traveling in a different way these days. As always looking for my next adventure. Today finds me living on a lake in Texas at a resort kind of taking it easy. Well taking it easy is a relative term -- here I am charged with getting this multimillion dollar resort up and running. The difference for me these days is that I can do what I WANT to do instead of what I HAVE to do. I have heard very little from what is happening in the Hillsboro area for a number of years so I am looking forward to catching up. I hope everyone is doing well and finding happiness in life. With that - here is something that captures my philosophy of life. It is called The Station. *************************************** THE STATION By Robert J. Hastings TUCKED AWAY in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision in which we see ourselves on a long journey that spans an entire continent. We're traveling by train and, from the windows, we drink in the passing scenes of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at crossings, of cattle grazing in distant pastures, of smoke pouring from power plants, of row upon row upon row of cotton and corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of city skylines and village halls. But uppermost in our conscious minds is our final destination--for at a certain hour and on a given day, our train will finally pull into the Station with bells ringing, flags waving, and bands playing. And once that day comes, so many wonderful dreams will come true. So restlessly, we pace the aisles and count the miles, peering a...Expand for more