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Two boys clip a donkey
Spring isn’t far away. With spring out comes the clippers to clip horse, mules and donkeys. My memory kicked in: A muggy Tuesday morning in the summer of 1943 , the year I was nine years old, Dad had four large black mules tied to the hitchrack in front of the barn. He roached their [...]
Coyote Moments – Oris is Killing Birds Again
Got an email announcing to the world that Oris hates birds, says I’m having a nightmare if I hear them squawking. Says the sun is shining brightly (he used an -ly word – he’s having a mind glitch) at his house this morning. If the coyotes are out, they’d best be checking on old Oris, [...]
Writing Motivation – Get the Book Out!
For all of you who have been pushing Oris to get his book done, I have a few more gentle shoves in that direction… I know there’s folks out there who wanna hear about the bully you tied to the fence post. The story has merit, I can think of a few bullies I’d like [...]
Tanya Reveals an Oris George Story
(Posted on behalf of Tanya by the administrator.) Oris George wants to write about nostalgia, and sometimes, he needs reminded that nostalgia comes in good and bad memories. Recently, Oris and his dear wife Patsy came to Penrose, Colorado for a visit. We also had some out of town guests from Michigan, Larry and Carol. [...]
There ain’t NO Free Hay…
It’s up in the morning and off to work… Life is good, working hard on my book. Y’wonder if today is the day you win… Y’re up in the morning to work again. The words in the mind, the paper is white… They spill out in a terrible fight. Hunger pangs and there ain’t no [...]
What Oris was REALLY UP to…
They say the camera adds ten pounds, but I think they’re wrong. I think Oris looks mighty fine with that wanna be mischievous half-a-grin, and those beady little eyes sparkling over what a fine job he’d done on those cards. (And he wove the fabric too! Ain’t he amazin’!) If you want to know more [...]
Along the Back Roads – Here’s a Quarter!
If you ask locals who Oris is, they’ll tell you he’s the neighbor down the road with the mule attitude and the donkey disposition, but he’s got a heart of gold. But then you’d be wonderin’ where they got their ideas… Their ideas might have come from the time he lassoed the neighborhood bully and treated [...]
Posted: at ACE Writers
Wanted: two mysterious writers with sense of humor for regular blogging duty. Job duties include (but are not limited to): writing consistently (at least twice weekly) on any one of three to five blogs about the daily struggles of life. These struggles can be triumphant or down and out, get your hands dirty with real [...]
Oris George Visits The Dam Road at Danielle’s
Dinner was good, company was great, Don talked too much. Life at the Barn Builders was normal until Jan arrived. The birds chirped too loud, Sean played the guitar or some other stringed noise maker. Patsy passed out forks and the Cake was chocolate. My gut got full and I stopped being CUTE! Danielle pinched [...]
Yee Haw! Oris made the Coffee Clatter
In case you didn’t know it… Ole Oris is famous! After all, not everybody makes it into the Coffee Clatter! But… Thanks to Danielle Simone, a writer in southeastern Colorado (known to most of you as Mrs. Barn Builder) Oris landed his backside at the Coffee Clatter with a press release kind of story that [...]
