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Jan.19.2013
January 19
What Is A Sheep To Do?
Things are bad out there. I see the trouble as I circle within the flock. Many of us whisper to each other as we pass. How can I create lasting change? Is there something helpful that will not...
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Dec.12.2012
December 12
BLEATING FORMALITY
Stupidity stalks me when I am tired, hijacking my mouth. I can put this off to pilot error or interruption of service on my neurologic pipeline, but truly I have been captured by senseless, irrational muttonness. I would love to...
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Jan.20.2012
January 20
BECAUSE
Because I am my father’s child, I make my attendance at meetings frequent and regular. Having looked deeply in the genetic mirror, I see so many bitter days. I’ve run from the implications and sheltered in the steps. The...
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Nov.29.2011
November 29
John Grisham
My time hovering low over the ocean has filled me until I am ready to drop. The weight of what is inside me bears down; I know with the slightest cooperation I will become a rainmaker. I am mostly fine with this; I know from...
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Oct.06.2011
Royals borrowed from wealthy English wool merchants during the 1600s but many experts believe Romans were the importers of the famous “Cotswold Lion”. This sheep had such a nice fleece it weighed twenty-eight pounds. By 1678, the Cotswold’s wool industry had suffered so badly the famous “Cotswold...
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Jul.19.2011
In reviewing Say Please to the Honeybees (ISBN-10: 0981063438 ISBN-13: 978-0981063430, 32 pages) I find myself delighted to once again visit the antics of Violet, the affable “trouble magnet” in Farmer Shepherd’s flock.
Trouble magnet, you say? Violet . . . that dear little sheep?
By no fault of...
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Apr.21.2011
Over the years I’ve read a lot of children’s books to our grandchildren, now ages 6 to 13, but it isn‘t often I get the opportunity to review such a book. I’d say The Great Bellybutton Cover-up by Susan Ross (ISBN-10: 9780981063409, ISBN-13: 978-0981063409, 32 pages) could easily become a favorite...
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Jan.19.2011
January 19
What Is A Sheep To Do?
Things are bad out there. I see the trouble as I circle within the flock. Many of us whisper to each other as we pass. How can I create lasting change? Is there something helpful that will not separate me from my...
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Sep.11.2010
September 11
Louet
Consolidating fuzz into yarn makes me a friend to sheep everywhere. Spinning the filaments of truth into cables of life does not impress the mutton in anyway, but sure does my mental health a world of good. Free floating fiber is bad for my...
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Aug.25.2010
I meet Dale at the trailhead to Flat Pass. The rains have churned the trail to pieces. Our dogs run ahead of us, open-mouthed, instant friends. They plunge down the hill toward the creek. Dale walks with a dryer sheet tucked like a television make-up tissue into her collar, to keep the...
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