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Writer's Block: A real eye opener
"The time it never rained", by Elmer Kelton. This book is about a man who refuses all government help and his reasons for refusing to be helped by the government. Reminds one of Ronald Reagan's quotes..The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Great book read it. -
Writer's Block: Animal Instinct
My choice would be a wild mustang living on a prairie in the middle of nowhere. Free to come and go as I wish and answering to no one.
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Today was a busy day. I listed a freezer we have for sale on craigslist. I got a call and had it sold. Plugged the sucker in and it worked like a charm long enough to freeze some ice. Sometime between dusk and dawn it bit the dust. So I called the girl and told her it was a no go but if she wanted to chance the freezer being fixed she could have it ( Read more... ) -
The nut grass and I.
Rather than think about the financial mess our country is in I will take out my frustrations on hating nut grass. This hate I have with nut grass didn't start recently it goes back to when I lived in central Florida. We had a neat little garden till the nut grass reared it's ugly head. I would spend my afternoons and any spare time to meticulously ( Read more... ) -
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We have finally got some much needed rain here and things are really greening and growing.
The turkeys even have enough sense to get in the chicken house to get out of the rain. They are getting aggressive. When I take treats to them they shove the chickens out of the way to get their share and more. My venture with the poultry is interesting to say ( Read more... ) -
Remembered stories from the past.
My grandmother and grandfather would laugh when they told the story of the locked up bridegroom. I don't know whose side the bridegroom was whether grandmother or grandfather but if memory serves me right he may have been an uncle of one of them.The story goes that the parents of the bridegroom didn't approve of the bride. On the wedding day they ( Read more... )
