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I sat unsteadily in my saddle, I think it might be too big for me. Do saddles have sizes? I am assigned a horse named “Shep” I suppose it’s short for Shepherd, can a horse be a shepherd?
I seriously doubt it’s in their nature.
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Some folks don’t like the holidays.
Easily understood if you’ve ever worked retail during the Christmas season. Last year I got a call from my employment agency and was blessed to fill in for a day as a local shopping mall Santa.
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The economic affairs of the world are in such agitation, nobody knows the dilemmas or misfortunes perched just over the next horizon. We grew up believing in the idea of saving money as the most prudent, shrewd device to economic salvation.
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Stepping out of the Cosmopolitan Hotel and the air is still nippy. Maybe nippy isn’t the best word, but to me it’s seriously cold. This is New York in the winter. The three way intersection of Hudson, West Broadway and Chambers Street is mostly still bathed in a pale violet haze of twilight.
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I was driving with my niece Wendi and I had just finished explaining why manhole cover are round when Wendi asked something a little more challenging.
“Why am I off of school today?”
“It’s MLK Day.” I answered, hoping that would be sufficient.
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