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		<title>Selfless Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’d like to tell you about a woman filled with love; not the selfish kind of love where you say, “I’ll do this for you, if you’ll do this for me.” No…her kind of love was the self-less kind. It has no thought for itself and actually gives. I saw her love a grandson when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love you She said, “They’re just words.” I love you As you argue – no shower – I took one yesterday You didn’t remember “They’re just words.” I love you When your Thanksgiving dressing turned out differently you insisted you have always made it that way. I ate it anyway and wondered. “They’re just [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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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