Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 4, 2004
- At December 04, 2014
- By Rosemary Wright
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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 4, 2004
My Christmas Dinner Party
Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 4, 2004 – If truth be known, I’m way past cocooning and well into becoming a hermit. A relatively nice one, but a hermit nonetheless. The one thing that saves me each year from receiving the curmudgeon of the year award is my annual Christmas dinner party.
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- At December 03, 2014
- By Rosemary Wright
- In Global Issues
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Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 7
Pig Tales
Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 7 – So here’s the thing about pigs – when our skin is really healthy and we’re allowed to be clean – our bodies have no scabs 0r scruffy skin and hardly any wrinkles. Most of us have little course hairs all over and some of us are spotted. Others are light or dark pink.
Read More»Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 3, 2004
- At December 03, 2014
- By Rosemary Wright
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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 3, 2004
How Much Is Enough?
Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 3, 2004 – We live in a world of staggering and often brutal contrasts. It has been this way for millennia and the prospect of a change in the status quo seems incredibly remote.
Read More»Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 6
- At December 02, 2014
- By Rosemary Wright
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Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 6
Pig Tales
Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 6 – So here’s the thing about pigs – depending on the species, female pigs mature at 8 to 18 months of age and males at 8 to 10 months. A male pig is a boar. A female is called a gilt until she has piglets – at which point she is referred to as a sow. The average litter numbers between 7 to 12 piglets. Piglets actually know the noises and grunts of their own mothers and the mothers sing or talk to their litters as they are nursing.
Read More»Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 2, 2004
- At December 02, 2014
- By Rosemary Wright
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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 2, 2004
Wrapping Christmas Presents
Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 2, 2004 – I know it’s hard to believe, but the Princess of Procrastination started to wrap Christmas presents today. I have this plan to get the holiday “chores” out of the way so I can enjoy the season without the last minute chaos that often plagues my sanity.
Read More»Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 5
- At December 01, 2014
- By Rosemary Wright
- In Global Issues
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Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 5
Pig Tales
Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 5 – So here’s the thing about pigs – we are actually omnivores. Got it? We like to eat roots, leaves, flowers, fruit and tree twigs and even the odd piece of crunchy bark. But we will also scoop up wiggly worms and insects and carcasses – both fresh and rotting. And contrary to popular belief – we really like to enjoy our food – so we eat very slowly and deliberately.
Read More»Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 1, 2004
- At December 01, 2014
- By Rosemary Wright
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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 1, 2004
Worry
Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 1, 2004 – I wanted to write about something uplifting and positive today. Instead I’m going to ramble on about worry. Worry is an emotion similar to guilt, of which someone once said “Guilt is like paying interest on a debt you don’t owe”.
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