Word: gillen
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...Gillen has a face like his farmland-brown and a little bit broken. "I don't know how we're going to make it," the farmer says as he looks at some of his cows huddling under a bridge to escape the burning sun. Gillen, 66, has only 20 cows left from a herd of 450. After three years of drought in southwestern Colorado, Gillen's fields are parched, his irrigation water is spent, and he has been selling off land and livestock to cover debts. His banker keeps telling him that he should find some other line of work...
...drawing board since 1968. It is still unclear whether Congress will appropriate the entire $350 million needed for the dam. Water flows toward money. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s pushed small farmers off the land and consolidated larger land holdings. The drought of today will force farmers like Gillen to sell off more of their land for housing subdivisions. The grass on those future lawns will probably be kept greener than his dying fields. -With reporting by Rita Healy/Marvel...
...anger and blame, yet time alone does not guarantee the ability to let go." Both authors agree, however, that repairing the relationships is worth the effort because a rift can cause stress for the whole family--not to mention what it does to those carrying the grudge. As Kate Gillen, 48, recalled when interviewed by Davis, "Finally, I asked myself, 'Is this where I want my energy to go?' And I made a decision that no matter how justified I felt in my anger, staying in that bitter, hardened place was not something I wanted to do." Many who have...