Tales from my head
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Stress is a strange thing. Something immediate like being attacked by a tiger does not cause stress, but triggers the fight or flight response. The stress comes later! As we go about our lives our resolve is stretched like a rubber band, further and further and the stress increases over time with every added challenge.…
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We are what we eat. Yeah. But we become what we think. Think well of yourself, count your blessings, do not compare yourself to others. Their opinions of you is none of your business, and we should cut others some slack. Life is tough and there is no manual, we learn by messing up and…
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The rain shower surprised everyone. It was the last few minutes of the fourth quarter in the annual football game between the cities of Gordonville and Richfield, and the score was tied. For the last few years Richfield has won every match, and tonight Gordonville is inside the twenty-five-yard line of their arch enemy, with…
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Cody had enough. He pats his back pocket to make sure the note is still there, then slips the noose he made out of an extension cord over his head. He sighs loudly, pulls the noose tight and relaxes his knees, hanging with his feet still touching the garage floor. Soon he loses consciousness and…
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Ray loves food, especially fast food. Not Mickey D’s or Wendy’s or any of those restaurants, but real fast food that comes from a truck. He tells this joke to everyone, sometimes more than once in the same conversation. Ray is one of god’s children, another of his sayings learned from gramma Orb. When Ray…
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Oliver Twist Thompson, known as Olly to all, owns and operates a veterinarian clinic in Winnemucca Nevada. This city of almost eight thousand is intersected by interstate 80, and his clinic gets a lot of walk-in customers from travelers on their way to Tahoe or Vegas. The giant sign that advertises his location was a…
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I went for a walk on the hottest day of the year, so far. 96 Fahrenheit, 36 Celsius. Hot no matter how you measure it. As my feet competed to be in front my mind wandered, and I found myself thinking about an upcoming trip to South Africa. We left there at the start of…
Tales from my head 