A story to guide you

Saying for the day - A clean blog is a happy blog.

Had to spend a little time this morning cleaning up the blog.
Margaret, to make a point, threw her JCPOINTS all over the place.
My real world is cluttered but I am keeping my virtual world clean.
So I picked them all up and stacked them neatly.
You will also notice that the left hand column is far less cluttered than it was last year.
On this blog neatness counts.

Over the years I have collected a number of stories with morals. This morning I am going to share one of them with you.It might have a profound impact on your life.

Once upon a time there was a little bird that was caught in a huge blizzard.
When the blizzard was over the poor bird was on the ground almost dead from the cold.
A nice man came along and saw the bird , picked it up, and then dug a hole in the top of a manure pile and put the bird in it.
He tucked the manure around its neck.
AS , I’m sure you know, as manure decomposes it puts out heat so soon the little bird was feeling much better.
It felt so good that it began to sing.
A fox heard the bird singing and came , pulled it out, and ate it.
Now there are three important morals to this story:

1. The person who puts you in the manure is not necessarily your enemy.

2. The person that pulls you out of the manure is not necessarily your friend.

3. And most important. If your up to your neck in manure don’t sing.

@@@ News from Pigeon Falls– the little town in my garage where the trains still run and dragons fly-There is a new man living in the Hermit House. He came in on the milk train this morning. He rented a car from Eino who told him something of the history of the house. It seems he is a writer and rented the house for a year so he could have a quiet place to write. He is working on a novel about a murder in a small town and figured Pigeon Falls would give him some feel for ordinary small town life. Eino told him he has to stop in at Nancy’s for coffee and information.
Mary Groop is busy again. She does income tax for people who have trouble doing their own. She doesn’t charge very much. She is Pigeon Falls answer to HR Block. She does the tax preparation for around ten per cent of Pigeon Falls. Its not that Pigeon Falls doesn’t have a real accountant . It does, Kenny Thompson. But he charges too much for most people. Of course all the businesses use him. Eino wanted to deduct his smashed door as a business expense but Kenny told him that keeping stone statues was not part of the auto business. It wasn’t covered under his insurance either. A break in was covered but a break out was not. Poor Eino is learning that no good deed goes unpunished.
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Today's link-Logan Lo -On (or close to ) Schedule- A little hope for the New Year- Please leave the words Dr. John in the comment or no ice cream tonight.
Still phasing out JCPOINTS - you can trade them in by going HERE for your total and then HERE for the stuff. Please don't throw the points I just cleaned up.
I did some blogging in the morning and then some reading ( Yep they still make books).In the afternoon went to Mennards and my daughter bought a table saw. (Not the one I suggested). Coming back I blogged and then watched football. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA