Category: This And That
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Rotten To The Core
I sat in the rubble, making sure that I was sitting over one of the rafters that supported the plywood. I knew those were still of sound mind and body! Probably more so than myself! I found it depressing, looking down at the crumbling mess my neglect had created and thinking of all the work…
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Cowboy Up!
A rodeo is not a typical race, but competition is fierce between the cowboys and cowgirls. Most events are a race against the clock. The participant with the shortest time of roping or bulldogging and, for the women, barrel racing, is declared the winner. In other events, like bronc or bull riding, the goal is…
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Bloom Where You Are
At times it seems as if my whole future is up in the air, and I am left hanging. I think, “If my feet don’t touch the ground, I can’t take root.” That is when it is discouraging, but that is when I need to remember that it is God who holds the other end…
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My Angel Smoked A Cigarette
The car, deprived of the heater, became a freezer. We made sure the children were bundled up against the cold. Then we prayed that God would send help or guide me to where I could buy some gas. I asked the children to pray. Their faith was bigger than mine! I knew God wanted me…
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The Big Seven Zero
The big “Seven Zero” caught me, today. I ran from it for years hoping to stay young! Maybe, I just got too old and tired to outrun it! Birthdays just kept coming with unwavering persistence, and, like it or not, I turned 70 years old. Seven decades is a milestone that takes a lifetime to…
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Goodbye Friend!
“Good!” I yelled. Either he didn’t hear me, or he lacked proficiency in more than just English! He gassed it one more time and I watched in wonder as the pick-up’s front-end bounded over the final barrier and the truck fell with a loud crash. It landed, high centered on top the dolly. It couldn’t…
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Look Up! See The Flowers!
I saw the dead leaves on the ground, but not the flowers overhead. The tree had been bursting with color for at least five days. When I was out, I saw flowering trees, most of them yellow, all around town on trees given away by the city. I made a mental note to look at…
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Stiff-Necked, Me?
Had I gone after these trees when they first sprouted, I could have pulled them up with my fingers. Being faithful years ago would have spared me hours today, sweating, getting blisters and wishing I was back home in Montana!
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
That was the last day that I was clean shaven until the Corona disaster swept the country in 2020. Call it COVID-19 boredom if you will, but after online Sunday School and church, I went into the bathroom and hacked the beard off my face. Since we couldn’t go anywhere with the quarantine, and most…
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A Horse is a . . .
Sadly, in the rush to modernization, many of the old country manors and hacienda houses were also demolished. These houses and outbuildings had been built in colonial days. Though constructed with adobe, sun dried mud blocks, they had stood proudly for 200 years or more. Another phenomenon of those days was the burgeoning secondhand trade,…
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