Art Duszynski
@artduszynski.bsky.social
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Husband, Daddy, #a11y focused (CPWA) UX guy who's worn many hats over the years. Much older than I appear. Indianapolis east sider. Prone to outbursts of pranks, frivolity, and mirth.
![Abraham did his best to keep the company cheerful, making jokes as he goaded on the oxen. Such roads as there were proved almost impassable, the ground was still frozen from winter, and it melted a little each day only to freeze back at night. When the party crossed the Wabash River at Vin- cennes, the river was so high that the road was covered with water for half a mile at a stretch. Everywhere the streams were swollen, and usually there were no bridges. At one crossing Lincoln's favorite little fice dog jumped from the wagon, broke through the ice, and began struggling for his life. "I could not bear to lose my dog," Lincoln recalled many years later, "and 1 jumped out of the waggon and waded waist deep in the ice and water[,] got hold of him and helped out and saved him."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b5dtyi5tmt4n6igpiuxpzepg/bafkreia2byjzmcdic4kr6cob3dsigui64hxggxy642xkqcervrkjnvyrie)
