

| Farm Tales |

| This column is specifically geared to the rural community of the United States. It speaks a language that rural readers understand and appreciate, and has been proven to be a welcome addition to any publication that is distributed all or in part, to a rural audience. |

| Awards and Accomplishments WOW! Women on Writing Spring 2007 Flash Fiction Contest 2nd Place |
| 2005 True Life Stories Contest 1st Place |
| 2007 Dream Quest One Winter Contest 2nd Place |
| Toowrite.Com Near miss ... thanks for all the support! |
| Father's Day 2007 Essay Contest 2nd Place |
| Sunpenny Publishing Commendation ... only USA short story entry recognized |
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| Having lived on and off a farm, and for more than a few years, I have known many dogs in my lifetime. There were my dogs, dogs the kids brought home and dogs that brought themselves home. Every one was unique and each one had something special about them, so I have amassed quite a few tales that I am in the process of putting together in book form. In the mean time, here are a few examples of dog tales from "Dogs I have Known and Loved" |
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| A young family escapes certain starvation in early 20th Century dust bowl Kansas to migrate to Florida. Appearing at first to be a lush paradise, their new home ultimately challenges the transplants, and tests them physically and emotionally in ways that they could never have anticipated. |


| TITLES COMING SOON |
A collection of ghost tales based on actual experiences in areas along Interstate 10. These tales begin in Florida and end in California, and are for anybody to read. From haunted dolls to haunted houses, haunted families and even ghostly cattle, these tales are sure to make you stop and think, and maybe .... check the closet before turning out the light. |


| Peggy Alexander, George Bennett, Joann Brown, Robert Boatman, L. Bradley, Gene Campbell, Steve Carmack, Lynn Camp, Carole Connelly, Jim Doubler, Carole Ervin, Thomas Edwards, Dianne Follis, Wenjea Fischer, Tom Fortin, SL Frisbee, Gerrit and Patria, Paul Giroux, V. Graham, Gordon Green, Kathy Grant, DR Greysun, Margaret Hodges, KE House, Judith Hinkle, Lorne Hancock, Judy Hook, Larry Jennings, Kris Johnston, Cynthia Krahl, Jim Kelly, Donna Knarr, Lee Lott, Judy Maynard, James and Linda Mulkey, George Putnam, Jim Pritchard, Diane Pogue, Jennifer Rucker, Tamera Russell, John Shaffer, Rita Shaefer, Elaine Sedlock, Laura Schmid, Katara Simmons, Romona Washington, Don Williamson, Robert Williams, Jr, Rich Zlattner, David Youngquist If you're not on this list and need to be .... please let me know. |
| "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag ... we have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." ~Theodore Roosevelt 1907~ |

| There are Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens who may not speak English well, and if they’re seeking help, for example, on some vital health care question, or a senior citizen who emigrated here a long time ago and they’re trying to get their Social Security check, I don’t want them to not be able to get those services. Every student should be learning a second language, because when you start getting into a debate about bilingual education, for example, now, I want to make sure that children who are coming out of Spanish-speaking households had the opportunity to learn and are not falling behind. ~Barack Obama 2007~ |
