I never was much in the way of what you might consider to be a tall person . In fact, most of my life has been rather, well, on the short order of things. At times that proved to be the subject of ridicule but I managed, always advising the evil doers that it...
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Ever since I moved to the frozen tundra of Canada, I had always watched as the populace went bat nuts crazy over this mysterious sport called hockey. Though I could easily liken it to the fascination of football and NASCAR, long live Number 3, I found that I really couldn’t understand the craze behind...
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Ever see those ads put up all over the place advocating this or that to stress to people the importance to a cause? Guaranteed everyone has, they’re impossible to miss these days. There’s ads about feeding the starving children, helping sick animals, curing this or that and a huge array of other causes. Now,...
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Ever watch that old show, “Family Matters”? A real classic television show if you ask me: funny, entertaining, and just all around pleasant, really, with a lot of powerful themes. Although I haven’t watched it in years, I got to thinking recently about matters of the family and not only how they affects us...
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Ever hear the expression “cutting off your nose to spite your face”? It’s a classic that really these days you don’t hear quite as often as you did in the old days. Of course, there again, there’s a lot of things y’all won’t hear much anymore, especially that elusive thing called “thank you”. That...
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Well, I always heard those comments growin’ up of Christmas in July, or other such banter when it came to good fortune, but I never really gave much thought to such things. I mean honestly, Christmas comin’ twice a year just didn’t really seem likely. Of course to any red blooded Southern child, the...
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This past year held a myriad of times. From despair, anguish and heartache to triumph, joy and enchantment I faced some of the most challenging and brutally tormenting times of my life. Although troubled for certain it contained the single most rewarding moments of my life, kind of like teamin’ up a pole cat...
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Well folks, after nearly four years, I sit writing to you from the desk at the old family homestead. Green Meadow farms is as beautiful as I remembered it all these years, and the visit, thanks to a beautiful young lady, has been astounding. My folks were surprised to say the least. Teaming up...
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I write to you today seated snuggly in the seat of an aircraft. Odd enough for a Southern boy to take one of those metal bird contraptions, I know, kinda like forcin’ a cross eyed badger to dress in a pink tutu and perform the Nut Cracker for a group of carpet baggers. But...
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The one thing that always seems to grasp me sometimes is the woe people have over the harsh cold of winter, and then during summer, the same screams of the torment of heat. But, I for one can definitely agree when it comes to the cold. I mean, seriously folks, if God had meant...
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