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Jun 18, 2012

Staying positive in a negative world (wherein I pick your brain and write a speech)

That was the status that went up on Facebook on Tuesday last.  Fifteen phriends ‘liked’ it.  One alert Iowa girl, herself a mother of boys, pointed out that there were

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Jun 15, 2012

And the color is…orange

This little song is my fail safe.  My safety chute.  It’s my Plan B and the trick I use when the natives really are getting restless. We learned it when

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Jun 12, 2012

Mother turns game warden on wildlife sanctuary

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Jun 11, 2012

Travel light

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Jun 05, 2012

Trading places – whimperer proposes a swap to whooper

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.  They’re always jumping, ever grazing, and seldom sleeping. Yup, it’s summertime and the kids are home.  Somewhere, tired teachers are on their

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Jun 04, 2012

One shining moment

He sat just down in front, our senior and second, a.k.a. Kid Kaboom.  Sedate, standing tall, he’d taken his place on the ramp, awaiting his name, his time, his turn.

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May 28, 2012

For paying freedom’s price, thank you

“The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.” – Thomas Campbell On this sunny morning, we list it out.  “Paint the chicken coop,” he says, determined. “Clean the bathroom.  Finish

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May 25, 2012

“Say it again”

We were talking, my friend and I, about the hard, hard work of intercession.  How it’s right tough work one does for months and months.  That, in the carrying of

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May 24, 2012

It’s a wild-life refuge

On the slab, there’s a basketball hoop, the first thing that hints at the residents of the place.  This is overshadowed by a large, spreading maple from which hangs two

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May 22, 2012

Politicians shouldn’t mess with “Susannah Wesley” – or stay-at-home moms