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Feel It in My Blood
No, I do not celebrate 4/20 The Burgess Animal Book for ChildrenThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess “Probably he has just found out that the only way to get anywhere on time is to start soon enough” “No such thing!” declared Peter indignantly. “You –“ “Never mind him, Peter,” interrupted Old Mother Nature soothingly. “What was Continue reading
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The North Comes to a Standstill
[Obligatory “How is April almost over already?” filler] The PioneersR. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne As before, the effect of the Indian stories on the Indians of his party was very marked and discouraging. With great difficulty Mackenzie overcame their ojbections to proceed, and even succeeded in persuading one of the Dog-rib Indians to accompany him Continue reading
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Bury Me Not
The PrairieJames Fenimore Cooper “There was a story of a nation of Welshers, that liv’d hereaway in the prairies, and how they came into the land afore the uneasy minded man, who first let in the Christians to rob the heathens of their inheritance, had ever dreamt that the sun set on a country as Continue reading
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Hurrah! Hurrah!
Continuing my habit of waiting until late at night to get my daily post in before it’s too late. Pathfinder, or The Inland SeaJames Fenimore Cooper “Rather than wreck my command on the Canada shore, I shall feel it a duty to take Jasper out of arrest.” “And make a haven in Frontenac. No, Sergeant; Continue reading
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Frozen Water Burial
The DeerslayerJames Fenimore Cooper As soon as this was done, the old sentinel changed her place to one more agreeable to herself, a certain proof that she had hitherto been exclusively on watch. Deerslayer now felt greatly at a loss how to proceed. He well knew that Chingachgook could never be persuaded to return to Continue reading
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My Compliments, Sir, Take Her And Get Out!
I think we’re done with Oz for a while The Last of the MohicansA Narrative of 1757James Fenimore Cooper Then raising his voice to its highest tone, he poured out a strain so powerful as to be heard even amid the din of that bloody field. More than one savage rushed toward them, thinking to Continue reading
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A Stack of Singles
Swamp Dogg [feat. Jenny Lewis] – Count the Days – Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor – I Fall in Love too Easily – Sunday Morning Put-OnWaxahatchee – 3 Sisters – Tigers BloodMidlake – Roscoe – The Trials of Van OccupantherIron & Wine – Anyone’s Game – Continue reading
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Ticking Away the Moments
It’s starting to look like Summer approaching outside. Gotta get this typed up fast so I can get out of here. Tik-Tok of OzL. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum “In selecting my Instrument of Vengeance,” went on Tititi-Hoochoo, “I have realized that this will be an unpleasant mission. Therefore no one of us who is blameless Continue reading
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Destiny Will Arrive
The Magic of OzL. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum The beasts were frightened, too, fearing they would share the fate of Gugu, so a stampede began when Rango the Gray Ape aprang into the forest, and Bru the Bear and Loo the Unicorn followed as quickly as they could. The elephants backed into the forest, and Continue reading
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