The picture in my header today is my childhood home, Cowley, Wyoming. When I was growing up the population was about 350 not counting the farmers outside the city limits. I could run free, play down by the wash, swim in the canal, roller skate all over town, and walk in any direction for miles without my parents worrying about me much. Times have changed a little but not a whole lot in Cowley with one exception. There has been controversy from the locals about the changes in town, mainly the store fronts. I know there is nostalgia about the way it used to look but I love the new look. It means my town is not dying and that there is progress in so many ways. When I lived at home we had dirt streets (mud when it rained), no sidewalks and most of the store fronts were just that.....fronts with no business in them. Now the town has new subdivisions, new streets, huge sidewalks, 2 new schools, a city park and new covered walks in front of the stores. I have pictures to remember what it used to look like and that's good enough for me. Now you can walk to get your mail without getting rained on, and the old unsightly areas are covered up. The streets now have pretty lights, trees growing all along the highway and yet it still retains the small town feel which it is. I am coming to see you this summer Cowley. I love you and you bring me joy.