Category: The Homestead
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Thanks
Hey Tom, I got your package in the mail today. All I will say here is thanks, I really appreciate it.<br />n<br />n<strong>I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Gilbert K. Chesterton</strong>
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Blessing
May your your cows be fertile and fat,<br />n Your horses swift and strong.<br />nMay your calves be healthy and whole,<br />n Your yearlings lean and long.<br />n<br />nMay your hay be green and good,<br />n Your grass long and full.<br />nMay your crops be lush and grand,<br />n Your fields clear and smooth.<br />n<br…
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Mean Mom Coven
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/22/news/local/35-lorna.txt" >Reporter's Notebook: Mean mom spreads her anti-cheer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Grinch has nothing on me.<br />n<br />nI'm surly, cranky and mean, and I certainly don't understand how hard it is to be 10 years old with a houseful of toys and somewhere upward of 1 million Pokemon cards.<br />n<br />nJust ask my son, Stephen.<br…
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Very Damn Mad
Does anybody out there know why the Montana Department of Health and Human Services felt it necessary to call me 3 times between 9:30 and 10:00 at night? Each time I asked them to leave me alone and not to bother me again and I get more calls. If the State of Montana wants to…
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Integrity
I really wonder about people's integrity sometimes. The new hired man really brings these thoughts to mind for me. I know, he has worked here less than a week and I wonder about his integrity. That sure says something doesn't it. <br />n<br />nI guess the question is does it say something about my lack…
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Different Doctors or Different Attitudes
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/04/news/local/20-back.txt" >Montanans work hard, play hard; area leads nation for back surgeries</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Bill Renney blames most of his back trouble on a rock.<br />n<br />nRenney's wife spied the lichen-covered stone last summer while the couple was hiking near Cooke City.<br />n<br />n"She found a real nice rock," Renney said. "She encouraged me in…
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Thoughts
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Quit All Ready
Everybody and their brother is telling me in their blog to vote today. <br />n<br />nLEAVE ME ALONE. I WILL VOTE OR NOT AS I SEE FIT AND IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO TELL ME TOO, LEAVE ME ALONE.<br />n<br />nA person will vote if they want and I won't tell anyone to vote and…
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Miserable
I have had a cold so bad for the last two days I feel like laying down and doing nothing. Now my voice is gone. I feel miserable. Hopefully I will start to feel better now and be over the worst of it. I am not a fum person to be around when I am…
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Passing the Land Along
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/11/01/news/state/20-ranchers.txt" >Study sees shift away from ranching near Yellowstone</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Owning a slice of paradise isn't what it used to be. Generations of ranchers on the rural fringes of Yellowstone National Park passed their land to offspring or sold it to likeminded people.<br />n<br />nBut for the past decade and longer, more ranches have…