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Who Can You Believe?
Who Can You Believe? Since I don’t ask questions like the one above just to answer them with an urbane shoulder shrug, I’ll be glad to tell you. About a week ago, I received a call from someone I really … Continue reading
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Looking Out for Number One
Looking Out for Number One Quoted in full, Rabbi Hillel’s famous saying goes like this: If I am not for myself, who will be? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Though … Continue reading
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“Cowboy Up”
“Cowboy Up” Like many girls, I’ve always loved horses. What does that mean? I don’t know if it has to mean anything. When there were still dray horses on Madison Avenue, the household sugar cubes used to disappear into … Continue reading
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Tagged a moral man, afterlife, childhood, cow ponies, cowboys, Czar, dialectic, dray horses, equitation, evolution, high country, horseback riding, horses, Hussar, Montana, ranch, runaway horse, Texan, theories, Westerns, wilderness
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