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Issue #2 of The Ram and Ewe Online
Greetings!
While The Ram and Ewe has been around for a number of print editions, this is only our second email version. Still very exciting.
This time Pat has provided us with TWO great stories, one a belated Christmas story, the other, a hilarious tale of backroads adventures in Southeastern Alberta.
Hang on to your hats... and grab the tissues because we're sure you will laugh until you cry!
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Feature Article: A True Christmas Story
This year our children went away to their
respective in-laws and we had a quiet Christmas day at home.
The
morning started with Peaches objecting vociferously about our attempt to sleep
in. In her world things are just not right if her humans have decided not to
get up at the appointed hour which is between six and seven. Tucker joined in
the protest with an incessant whine indicating that he was in dire need of a
potty run outside.
Christmas being a special morning we decided to
make pancakes of which Peaches and Tucker are inordinately fond. That bird can
devour half a pancake with maple syrup in the time it takes me to eat one. The
meal is followed by a gift exchange which is more of an event for the avian
member of the family. We get toys from Value Village and wrap them up for her.
She rips off the paper with the same frantic exuberance of any three year old
leaping from one present to the other squealing and shrieking in excited
delight.
Now, this is the part of the day I most enjoy...
Read the rest of the article here.
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I Left My Heart in Manyberries
Where
I was high on a plate of fries,
And
did dream of strange things and fairies.
In
late September we decided to take our camper and explore Eastern Alberta. Our
destination was the Cypress Hills.
We
have newly acquired a modest sized camper with a slide out that comfortably
accommodates the two of us, Peaches the Cockatoo and Tucker our Black Lab. The
camper was duly loaded with every conceivable gourmet consumable, a respectable
wine assortment and a selection of fine malts to sip in front of the campfire.
The
trip was going just fine until...
Read the rest of the story here.
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