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	<title>Rivenrock Gardens Cactus Blog... go to www.rivenrock.com for edible cactus &#187; Religion</title>
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		<title>Wasted Sugar</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/01/15/wasted-sugar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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Every year 753,000,000 tons of sugar is wasted by spills, wasteful use and more. This sugar needs to go to our energy infrastructure, not our coffee [...]<!-- Easy AdSense V2.90 -->
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		<title>Gott Sei Danke</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/12/25/gott-sei-danke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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Love is the thread that ties these worlds together... 
love pulls you along from this to the next... 
the net of God is loosely woven... 
it covers all creation... 
it passes easily everywhere without snagging.... 
like the tide it rushes in and out and nothing can escape its weave.... 
and He pulls in all He chooses... when He wishes.... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A socially-Conscious Holiday Greeting</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/12/23/a-socially-conscious-holiday-greeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/12/10/right-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Catch the magic in each and every day. If you did something good, the day is a success.  But today won't wait around for you till tomorrow.... in the end, we see the time rushing up to us like a huge wave.... and each moment we dawdle, the wave continues to us.... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young man reaching for the sky</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/12/10/young-man-reaching-for-the-sky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a young man in his twenties was with his parents or grandparents. He was mentally disabled, and strode through the market with the simplicity and wonder of a child. He reached his hands up to the lights as a child will to the stars. His face had the radiant glow of a saint, and his loving caregivers indulged his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t turn down the &#8216;copter</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/11/dont-turn-down-the-copter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My body's achin', 
And my time is at hand. 
And I won't make it, 
Any other way [...]]]></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>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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		<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>
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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>Hot and Dry</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/24/hot-and-dry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's [...]]]></description>
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