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Archive for November, 2008

A THANKSGIVING STORY

Posted in Thanksgiving memories, Thanksgiving mission volunteers, angels of the night, missions of mercy, tragic home fire, tagged , , on November 25, 2008 | 10 Comments »

As we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday, it is appropriate to give thanks for our blessings and remember others at this special time of the year.
I am reaching back to a recent post of mine, published on Sept. 16, 2008, that I want to share with you again, about a special Thanksgiving experience of many years [...]

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RUN OVER BY A TRUCK, I HELD HER IN MY ARMS AND CRIED INSIDE

Posted in EMT stress, death of a child, helpless feeling, parent's worst nightmare, terrible auto accident, worst EMS call, tagged , , , , , on November 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Preface:
I have been a volunteer in our EMS Service for the past 18 or so years, the first five as an ambulance driver (I was unable to take the EMT night classes, because of my employment scheduling), and the past 13 as an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT-B). Several EMTs in our unit, have been volunteer [...]

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GLARE ICE, A STEEP HILL AND AN AUTOMOBILE – A BAD MIX ON CHRISTMAS!

Posted in Another close encounter, Christmas Day Night family celebration, Mother Nature saves lives, car accidents, glare ice on the roadway, guardian angels, tagged , , , , , , on November 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The Series of ‘close encounters.’
You’ve seen the Plane. And the Train.
Here is the Automobile (one of them).
It was Christmas Day, about 1970, I believe.
Blond Girl and I had been married for about two and a half years, and she had just graduated from college, with a B.A. in Math and Spanish.
I [...]

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“TRAIN RAN OVER MY TRIKE, MOMMY.”

Posted in Birthday Tricycle, Close Encounters of Another Kind, Loud Train Horns, Planes Trains and Automobiles, guardian angels, near accidents with trains, train accidents, tagged , , , , , , , on November 13, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Does a cat really have nine lives?
What about people?
In a couple of posts last June, I shared stories about my own “close encounters” as it were, in the post examining a serious horseback accident at the Canyon Creek Ranch in southwest Montana in the summer of 1964, and then other horse accidents during 1975 and [...]

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“HARVEY, THERE”S A DEER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY!”

Posted in Another close encounter, Close Encounters, Deer on the runway, Planes Trains and Automobiles, single engine airplane flying lessons, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »

In prior discussions/posts about ‘close encounters,’ your author shared past experiences during this lifetime (Horse #1, and Horse #2 & #3, plus rattlesnakes), including potential ‘cat lives’ that he may have used up. A new series: Planes, Trains and Automobiles, discusses additional, past, life-threatening incidents which come to mind, involving your author and an airplane, [...]

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EMILY SITTING AND FRED’S “NEW TV!”

Posted in Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Haylie the cat, House Sitting on the Gulf Coast, New TV for Fred, Wolf River Marsh, tagged , , , , , on November 9, 2008 | 8 Comments »

As I sit at the dining room table of my humble, temporary abode, and gaze out the north windows over the deck, and gaze across the two-mile wide marsh of the Wolf River, two sleek, white egrets sail along over the top of the reeds, and disappear down onto the river.
I have had the privilege [...]

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