The Mother Lode, Greenwood
An old drill steel, set down at the end of a shift and waiting in the dark ever since. Some tools tell you more than the records ever will.
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The Letters
Letters from a Retired Madman
Once a month, Frank picks one photograph out of his archive and tells you the story of the day it was taken. Every letter lives here for good, so start anywhere.
- 4 letters so far
- The first, August 2026
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The Archive
Every Letter, Kept
They don’t expire. Read them in any order.
The Company You Keep
An old drill steel, set down at the end of a shift and waiting in the dark ever since. Some tools tell you more than the records ever will.
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Riding the Rails at the Yankee Boy Mine, Grand Forks, BC
An old drill steel, set down at the end of a shift and waiting in the dark ever since. Some tools tell you more than the records ever will.
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The Steel They Left Behind
An old drill steel, set down at the end of a shift and waiting in the dark ever since. Some tools tell you more than the records ever will.
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Come along. One photograph. One story. Once a month.
That’s the whole deal. Frank picks one photograph out of the archive, tells you the story of the day it was taken, and signs off until next month. A short P.S. points to whatever’s new — films and mine pages — and that’s it.
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