Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: My Country Life
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It's been a long time since I smelled that smell – "new car." The first thing I did was climb into the passenger seat of Tommy's new Hyundai Elantra and breathe in deeply. I'm so happy for him – up until now he's only driven used cars…dented, peeling paint, rattling, often no air-conditioning or radio. He never complained,…
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I had big plans for yesterday morning – things to catch up on, maybe even get ahead. I certainly got up early enough, but before I knew it, it was time to leave for work, and nothing I had planned to do was done! Does anyone else ever get the feeling that someone is playing tricks on…
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The puppy was weak and scared - it takes a while to recover if you go two weeks without eating, and I didn't even want to imagine what he had encountered in his young life to make him so scared of venturing away from the house to the road. But Charly was counting on our walk. "C'mon, puppy, it'll be…
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According to our friend's GPS program, our house doesn't exist. No matter how he typed in our address…"Adrian Way", "Adrian Boulevard"…it said there was no such place. I knew we lived in a beautiful place…even magical at times…but I guarantee it's not Narnia or Oz. Our mail gets delivered, for goodness sakes. Granted, it's put in a…
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I woke to the sound of rain outside my window this morning and it's falling outside the window beside me now. It stopped long enough to start a walk with my fellas (Max, Charly, and Frankie) but started back up again before we got back home. But they didn't seem to mind it and I…
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My friend Scott Gray sent this to me after reading about our adventure with the squirrel yesterday. Makes you wonder…
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First clue: TG heard a scratching sound in the attic above her bathroom. Tom grabbed a ladder and climbed on the roof. Sure enough, a squirrel came shooting out of a teensy one inch gap in a seam up there, surprising the you-know-what out of him. Armed with screening and I don't know what else,…
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People around here badmouth the cedar trees (technically a type of juniper, but we call them cedar – don't ask me why, because I don't know!) They are looked down on because they spread fast and drink up all the water. They gang up on oak trees and anything else that has roots and leaves. Don't…
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The deep voice coming up out of the stairwell startled me this morning - Tom and Kendall were still asleep. No one else was home. Who could it be? But before I even had a chance to throw a butcher knife or something, Daniel's head (smiling face), then shoulders, then the rest of him appeared coming up…
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