barechested, shoulder-pressing an upside-down, rusty wheelbarrow. Striding across the farmyard in a windy gale, a spittles of lukewarm moisture crashing dusty deaths like the tears of a kamikaze, nary even a dark spot to mark the remains. It’s beyond dry out here. Clad in my best pair of professionally-personalized, amatuerly-altered custom jorts, Powercat Purple Nike’s …
Mom’s first encounter with the new rooster ended, decidedly, in the fowl’s favor. Casualties sustained: two bloody puncture wounds on her arm. Territory surrendered: the primary waterer, which requires going inside the chicken pen to fill, has been abandoned and a bucket placed against the inside fence, allowing the keeping a barrier between for safety. …
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My heroes have always been baseball players who overcame adversity. George Brett was the first – the fiery Hall of Famer known for his intensity on the field. Infamous as much as famous, he is as much remembered for rage as prowess, as you can see in this video when a homerun was called an …
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Who am I today? Which role do I play? Hero or villain? Sinner or saint? Will I rise & be counted or fall in a faint? It is my day My smile, my sun I am the Only One Who will save me. I am The Overcomer, The one who falls down Skinned knees but …
I have no original ideas.No inventions.Discovery is my domain.I seek to find what others have already.And use it to better myself, and anyone who will listen.I don’t know when my journey began.Maybe the time I walked off-stage and went home instead of out to party.Perhaps an injury that alerted me to my fragility, and thus …
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