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		<title>California Wildflowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 15:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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 Spring is usually pretty nice here. It's not yet gotten hot.. most days are mild, and the hills are still green from the winter rains. 


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		<title>Nature&#8217;s Pendulum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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  I've heard philosophers debate the relative merits of seeking happiness.... some say that to aim for personal happiness is a falsehood.... that we are too insignificant in the grand scheme of creation to desire for anything other than existence... that to banish all perceptions of joy and sadness is the ultimate goal... existence on an even plane is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire and Rain</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/14/fire-and-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The rain we got the last two days came at a good steady rate for us... we did not have any creeks running, the dry soil took all the rain that fell.  We are glad it was enough to get the ground wet, and we're glad is was not enough to cause run-off on our place.  We pray for the places that had burns, hoping they gain a cover of green before the big rains come in Jan and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Good Morning Weathercock&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/10/good-morning-weathercock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a good thing to remember that spring will come again,
 even as we settle into the coming winter.

But Lord, we need the winter and some rain,
Just please, don't give us too much at once, or any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On an Old Oak.. &#8216;The Two Trees&#8217; by William Butler Yeats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's some foods for instance that are great all alone.... tomatoes, watermelons etc.... but chop bits of them into a fruit salad, and you have nirvana in food.  Life is made so much more enjoyable by having varied interests and scenes...
   So too with the arts... weave poetry and tune together and you have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Rivenrock? Will the tin soldier ride away?</title>
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		<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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scorpions in Toys</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/08/28/scorpions-in-toys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How are you doing?If you are interested in scorpions ,
I can send you them in toys through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire on the mountain</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/08/22/fire-on-the-mountain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dad was a youngster in the early forties when his great grandfather was on his deathbed on a farm near Troy Missouri.  Each day the family would gather dressed in black, and they would all sit around the bed quietly. The boys of course were restless and fidgety.  One thing that always impressed my dad about the old man, who was born in the 1850's was his revolver he kept hanging on the corner post of his bed. He'd kept it there always, even when civilization came to Missouri at the turn of the century. My dad says it was a huge gun... he was of course young and small.. and just like the snowdrifts over my head I recall as a child... when you grow up the scale of things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Brea Fire photos</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/08/14/la-brea-fire-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The local La Brea Fire has gotten to some 48,000 acres. The untysmokehead rises over the Central Coast like a giant cauliflower when the white head shows.... other times it is a big grey smudge all over the ski. The winds change the shape on a minute by minute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Photo Gallery</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/07/12/new-photo-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New photo gallery... [...]]]></description>
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