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The Planting of Love

The young goat ran as quickly as his small hooves could carry him, his eyes were wide with the excitement of yet another new and amazing mystery. His mama knew everything. He would ask her to put her velvety nose against his chest and feel the drum that pounded inside.

Breman Town Tour

A yearly family trip to the county fair yielded an unexpected combination in the petting zoo; a chicken sitting on the back of a reclining young goat.

Cinderfella

I noticed the other day that I had absolutely no working memory of EVER seeing a man's glutious maximus sitting pertly on the back of a Harley, while his leather clad biker chick's legs spread wide around the chrome and leather chassis of her motorcycle. Why not?

The Brass Monkey

So the largest insurance company in the world just went through 85 billion dollars in a few weeks and needs about 38 billion dollars more to stay afloat. We, the people, through OUR Treasury of the United States of America will grant AIG this loan. Oh yes, we will.

The New York Times' Biggest Screw-up Since They Sold the War in Iraq
Source: AlterNet.org

Deconstructing the NYT fairy tale of the poor innocent small democracy of Georgia attacked by a cruel Cold War Russian monster.

Safety warnings a new chapter for fairytales
Source: Australian News Network

TEACHERS are being urged to give children safety messages after reading them fairytales warning not to copy characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and Hansel and Gretel. A new child protection curriculum being implemented by the Education Department also requires  …

Today is The Day

The headstone reads: Born June 5, 1999 Died June 25, 2008 "Too Good To Be True"

The Modern Snow Queen
Source: The Times

The performance of Daria Klimentova reminds me of the illustrations in The Snow Queen book, by the award winning Ukrainian artist Vladyslav Yerko. There is one more modern Snow Queen - in the performance of Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago.

Whatever Happened to Santa Claus?
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Author and Mother question the forced loss of imagination and innocence in today's society. Are we damaging our Children by taking "fairytales" and "make believe Characters" away from them at such a young age?

Mermaid Blog
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Mermaid Blog Where The Mermaid Speaks The Mermaid Blog is penned by a human but has been transmitted by a real Mer or two – actually, there is also a Merman Blog – and they are found at and . The Mermaid tells us in colorful …

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