Yesterday I listened to the happiest mockingbird in creation. Perched on a limb in a spring time maple tree, he cast a spell on his audience below. We listened to song after song until he wearied of all the applause and left the stage. In a few moments he came back...
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Archive for March, 2008
Tchaikovsky Would Have Loved My Mockingbird!
Around the Web: Keith Urban Seeks Ultimate Fan
Can you prove that you are Keith Urban's biggest fan? If so, enter a new sweepstakes on his Web site.
Kenny Chesney rustles up his famous friends for this 40th birthday celebration. Check out the guest list.
Mindy McCready seems to have a lot going on, like filming a reality TV show and coming up with...
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Around the Web: Keith Urban Seeks Ultimate Fan
Can you prove that you are Keith Urban's biggest fan? If so, enter a new sweepstakes on his Web site.
Kenny Chesney rustles up his famous friends for this 40th birthday celebration. Check out the guest list.
Mindy McCready seems to have a lot going on, like filming a reality TV show and coming up with...
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fishing stuff
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We All Fantasize About Marrying a Country Star
Who among us hasn't fantasized about being married to a country music star? We all do it. Men. Women. Teenagers. Seniors. No one is immune to that cowboy-take-me-away fantasy. I know, because I've seen the marriage proposals on signs at concerts. And I've heard people wondering out loud what life would be like on...
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We All Fantasize About Marrying a Country Star
Who among us hasn't fantasized about being married to a country music star? We all do it. Men. Women. Teenagers. Seniors. No one is immune to that cowboy-take-me-away fantasy. I know, because I've seen the marriage proposals on signs at concerts. And I've heard people wondering out loud what life would be like on...
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Trace Adkins Dispels Southern Stereotypes
For a short time in the ‘80s, a friend of mine was the mayor of Sarepta, La., a community whose population usually hovers somewhere just below 1,000. In 1996, years after my friend's political career fizzled, I asked him if he'd ever heard of Trace Adkins, a Sarepta native who had just scored a...
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Trace Adkins Dispels Southern Stereotypes
For a short time in the ‘80s, a friend of mine was the mayor of Sarepta, La., a community whose population usually hovers somewhere just below 1,000. In 1996, years after my friend's political career fizzled, I asked him if he'd ever heard of Trace Adkins, a Sarepta native who had just scored a...
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Take a bite out of this!
There hasn’t been nearly enough fun around here lately. Our last attempt at making you smile — despite Farm Bill delays, Monsanto victories, the co-option of the EPA, and tragic transgenic pigs — caused quite a brawl in the comments section. (22 and counting!)
So, it’s Friday. Start the weekend off right with this beguiling...
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Extension Update
Extension Update is a weekly summary of news from Extension, government, and other attributable sources, focused on marketing, farm management, and other issues that are of interest to Midwestern farm owners and operators.
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