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		<title>Faith vs. Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up it seemed a lot of my choices came about because of lack of confidence; choosing not to do something out of fear of the unknown, fear of change, fear of getting caught, fear of what others may think. It was only as I matured spiritually that the how and whys of my choices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Cravings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have cravings; chocolate, popcorn, potato chips, Mom’s apple pie, eggnog, candy canes, hot chocolate (yum), chestnuts roasting on an open fire. (Has anyone ever had a roasted chestnut?), or maybe a nice big juicy t-bone for you guys. There are even non-food cravings – videogames, bagging that 10-point buck; texting, and even pinching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Axe: What&#8217;s Not to Like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Counterpoint to What I like about Little Axe: What I DO NOT Like About Little Axe - I don’t like all the “7-11 convenience dumps” alongside the road. Mattresses, fast food wrappers, bottles and cans &#8211; all tell visitors what we think of our community. - The up side to this is if you like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite Stuart Memories from Little Axe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joy Stuart Nix, daughter of Sunny Stuart, youngest son of Elmer and Doxie Stuart Family has lived in Little Axe since around 1920-1930 Drawing water out of the well and drinking it from the old metal bucket and ladle. Using the ‘outhouse’; instead of indoor toilet and when the kids got together and added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beaver Pond Slideshow</title>
		<link>http://little-axe-ledger.com/2011/03/16/beaver-pond-slideshow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos of the pond west of 180th on Hwy 9. Link to slideshow Lament of a Photojournalist From Maine to Utah and New Zealand we come, for learning and working …each and everyone. Hope against hope in want of award; the mere act of learning must be our reward. Assignments are many, lunch on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I Like About Little Axe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[* I like that someone in my extended family has lived in Little Axe for over 70 years; so it’s always been home even before it became my home. * If my car breaks down, I’m generally within a ½ mile from a friend/neighbor for help. * I’m proud that the mascot for Little Axe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music of the Morning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cottonwoods whispering good morning to the clouds Blades of Bermuda waving bye to the butterflies Incoming—sparrows at 90 degrees Man attempts to mimic nature’s melodies The ting-a-ling of a triangle The bellowing of a bass drum The bell choir echo But none can match The breeze clapping with the hickory leaves Or the croak of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Dorothy</title>
		<link>http://little-axe-ledger.com/2010/02/21/for-dorothy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sit and wait to hear the beat of the wings of angels. Sorrow and sadness and pain wait to fly to Glory. Remembering a hard life of toil, no wealth or grandeur to comfort and sustain me. Looking for the joy to replace the pain… the Son, to fill the darkness of despair. God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pound Puppies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plopped into my pastoral setting Pawned off… A pandemic problem. Pregnant pit bull pleading… Protecting…persevering in the public panic. Pups posturing for prime positions. Peer pressure impels me to put them down. No pardon, parole, time off for good behavior permitted here. Pathos permeates my perspective… Never again… Pathetic.]]></description>
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		<title>Stirrin things up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know if you heard about it yet but the church mouse is aware of some juicy gossip! Now that I have your attention, read on for the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would say. A while back things got a little stirred up around this here church. The young folk and [...]]]></description>
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