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		<title>Old Dogs and Children</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/01/14/old-dogs-and-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ They'd speak also of the horse races they'd have up and down our main street every Fourth of July, or how the horses got spooked when the first cars came to town.... and how eventually the streets got paved making riding a horse more and more difficult. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tribes, Assimilations and Horror</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/12/21/tribes-assimilations-and-horror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I suppose it is natural that it takes a long time for such wounds to heal. When you have a bad cut, you must keep it covered for a long time.... and the children running through France were like scratching at the cut Germany had made into France. They tried to cover it up.... thick padding so no one could see it. Deny, hide, obfuscate... but once the wound starts to itch, it needs to be opened to the healing power of the sun... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A chasing after the wind</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/11/25/a-chasing-after-the-wind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Life is so odd... we all move through our own lives, and it continues one generation after another.... pretty much things are the same regardless of the age. Sure there's societal and technological developments, but still people are people. History should be told through the lives of people... to see the life of someone long ago, and to see the generalities that we share and at the same time to see the differences in life makes history come alive. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May Flower in November</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/11/12/may-flower-in-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[it is this blending of many cultures and blood-strains that makes this country the strong energetic beast it is and has been since before it's inception. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gift of Chocolate-A Glimpse of Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/11/11/a-gift-of-chocolate-a-glimpse-of-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/?p=3089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ My mother's first encounter with an American was in war-ravaged Europe in 1946. Here she was; a thin, hungry kid in Germany as a refugee, a Displaced Person (DP) from Eastern Europe. She was hungry and malnourished; she had known nothing but war all her life.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;La Misión del Gloriosísimo Príncipe Arcángel, Señor San Miguel&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/14/la-mision-del-gloriosisimo-principe-arcangel-senor-san-miguel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Belltower and the Gate. A windmill peeks around the bricks. The unbaked sun dried mud bricks are susceptible to rain and other environmental damage. It is for this reason the missions used to place the oven-fired red clay (terra-cotta) roofing tiles on top of the walls, to protect them. You can see where the roof tiles are missing, there is serious degradation of the adobe bricks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laetitia Vineyard nighttime harvest</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/04/laetitia-vineyard-nighttime-harvest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet I am also conflicted with all the fuel used for lighting, and the massive use of water the vineyard takes. Since they put in the vineyards, the water level in the creek lowered, and it has now stopped running for several months.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controlling Hearts and Minds</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/30/controlling-heart-and-minds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ While I understand the issues related to food safety, I also would like to see this country become less one of huge corporate mega-farms, and more of a hodge-podge of small family farmers, each selling locally or shipping on a limited basis some unique vegetable that cannot be grown efficiently in other places. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gott Sei Mit Dir</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/27/gott-sei-mit-dir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/?p=2795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[God is with you, there where you live and love and gives you His grace. God is with you, there where you work and gifts you with His strength.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Rivenrock? Will the tin soldier ride away?</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/26/the-end-of-rivenrock-will-the-tin-soldier-ride-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/26/the-end-of-rivenrock-will-the-tin-soldier-ride-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It is this extra bit that has me stymied. We don't really make any money doing this cactus business. All of our money goes to shipping, governmental fees of several thousand dollars yearly in order to maintain our licenses, permits, and associated fees and overhead expenses. Knowing that this trip will lead us into negative financial territory makes me reluctant to want to go. Knowing that due to these regulations, we must take a sample of our water and have it analyzed monthly at unknown costs.... I have for the first time in these many years had serious thoughts to stop all production, stop the business, and plow the cactus into the ground, and have just a family garden in the future.  [...]]]></description>
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