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	<title>Rivenrock Gardens Cactus Blog... go to www.rivenrock.com for edible cactus &#187; philosophy</title>
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		<title>Summer BBQ</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/07/24/summer-bbq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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BBQ.... cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped peppers... squashes and cactus brushed with olive oil and our special blend of peppers.... and turkey burgers.
Summertime is good time.

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		<title>How To Stop A Church Gossip</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/07/01/how-to-stop-a-church-gossip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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 Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the Church's' morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several members did not approve of her extra-curricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the town's only bar one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/05/24/on-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 23:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That's why I keep on lovin' you
I keep on lovin' you
Through the baby don't leave mes
And never will agains
And I promise tos
I keep on lovin' [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Little-Dude</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/05/22/r-i-p-little-dude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 13:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chica and the Kittens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   As for Little Dude.... I wish we could have gotten into his mind to see what happened to him....
   At least we gave him a secure home, with good animal friends he could try to be close to. I think he had as good a time for that few years as he possibly could given the internal torment he had.

   R.I.P Little Dude... see you at the Rainbow Bridge one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A gift for the grad, teach me how to live!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/05/20/a-gift-for-the-grad-teach-me-how-to-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Master&#8217;s Hand</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/05/20/the-masters-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the room far back a gray bearded man Came forward and picked up the bow, 
Then wiping the dust from the old violin And tightening up the strings, 
He played a melody, pure and sweet 
As sweet as the angel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please don&#8217;t let my dreams run dry&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/05/19/please-dont-let-my-dreams-run-dry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 02:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've been oranically certified since 1993....
   This is one song that runs right into and through me...
   All I want to do is grow cactus, and live in this beautiful, quiet, remote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Familia es Todo!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/05/06/la-familia-es-todo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/05/06/la-familia-es-todo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Just be good.... do good, be right and proper, and above all.... take care of your family... because La Familia es [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing and awesome whale story</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/04/23/amazing-and-awesome-whale-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles.  She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, nudged them, and pushed gently, thanking them. 
Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>thousand miles from nowhere</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/03/19/thousand-miles-from-nowhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are roads,
but they do not reach the world;
since I am mindless, 
who can rouse my [...]]]></description>
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