"For still there are so many things that I have never seen, in every wood, in every spring there is a different green."
-- JR Tolkien
Messing About in Boats

Messing About in Boats

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“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in...

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Damn I hate ticks!

Damn I hate ticks!

Posted in Featured Stories, First Aid/Health, Humor, Stings and Bites, The Coffee House | 0 comments

The very thought of walking through woods and fields infested with ticks makes my skin crawl.  Perhaps it is because of a tick’s...

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We are the people

We are the people

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Gary Snyder’s conclusion of “For The Children” is a complete prescription for humanity: “Stay together, learn the flowers, go...

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My Walk on the Wild Side With President Bush

My Walk on the Wild Side With President Bush

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When I received a phone invitation to go on a hike through the Giant Sequoias in California with President Bush during the summer of 1992,...

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It’s my mum’s birthday…. I miss her

It’s my mum’s birthday…. I miss her

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Today is Mother’s Day for me, my mum’s birthday. Though Mary passed away on May 27, 2001, following a painful battle with cancer, I...

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Surviving Retail: ‘Some guy’ is on the phone

Surviving Retail: ‘Some guy’ is on the phone

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The phone was answered on the third ring: “Company X, this is John, how can I help you?” “Hello John. This is Mr. Hodgson and I am...

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