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Story & Photos by Shelby Dee<\/p>\n

It started out with frustration. My car wouldn\u2019t go. She has nearly 211,000 miles on her. I imagined terrible things. She\u2019s never given me a day\u2019s trouble in six years, and suddenly I had to accept a ride home from kind strangers. They\u2019ve been coming to town for the skiing for something like 50 years. Used to have a house on my street. He didn\u2019t remember that. He drove, she directed. They were sweet.<\/p>\n

Saturday was a new day, a day for thanks and praise. After taking out my frustrations on a punching bag and attempting to learn a left-hook, I was ready to tackle the previous night\u2019s problem. My car. With blue skies ahead, I walked back to the car, thankful for a sister and brother-in-law willing to come give the battery a little CPR. It did the trick. The guys at the shop checked the ol\u2019 battery and performed a transplant in less than an hour. The sun was still shining warm on the hood and my face as we pulled out of the lot with plenty of time to go for a long walk and play ball with a friend. (I lost with a smile.)
\n $\"\"$ <\/a>Sunday was a day for the animals. A rare almost summer like day in this mountain town continued to melt last week\u2019s snow away. A woman at the park walked her goats on leashes, right alongside the terriers and labs. Four spotted goats, little nubby tails a twitching, sniffed at the little lap pups that came up to say, \u201cHi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back at home, I sat on my stoop reading with the last few hours of daylight when I heard a noise to my right. I turned to find two visitors come to see me. A neighbor\u2019s chickens got loose of their fence and came picking and pecking right up to my steps. I put down my book and I laughed and I laughed. And I ran inside to grab my camera to always remember the day the chickens came a calling.<\/p>\n

My muscles are sore from playing too hard. My cheeks are warm from soaking the sun. And I sing, \u201cThis is my Father\u2019s world:\/ I rest me in the thought\/ of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;\/ his hand the wonders wrought\u00a0 . . . God reigns; let the earth be glad!\u201d<\/p>\n

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The End<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"