Slim Randles' Home Country
A Merry Christmas for Windy
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[December 27, 2014]
Windy
had sent off for a doo-dad for his small kitchen, and that’s why he
checked the mailbox. If you’re Alphonse “Windy” Wilson, and you’re
long-in-the-tooth and single, you find yourself not checking the
mailbox very often unless there’s a reason. It saves the
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But there was something in there today.
He opened it up. It was a Christmas card from Mrs. Morris. In it,
she had written “Thank you so much for fixing my shed.”
Wow! As Windy would say, it was a “transfigurational enlightening.”
Of course, he only used his fancy English when there was an audience
of one or more. But it led him to thinking he might have to check
the ol’ mailbox more often.
He had straightened up Mrs. Morris’ shed that was perilously close
to becoming kindling in her back yard. That Mrs. Morris had wanted
it to become kindling so she could use the space for other reasons
didn’t really figure in. It all happened on one of Windy’s helping
days. One day each week, he looked around for someone who needed
help and helped them, whether they wanted him to or not.
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The next day there were two more Christmas cards. One from Mrs.
Lopez, whose arthritis prevented her from weeding her flower patch,
and one from someone who didn’t sign it, but just wrote “Thank you
so much” inside.
Windy was rendered speechless, which is the equivalent, here in Home
Country, of the Pacific Ocean tides deciding to take the day off.
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But the capper came on Christmas Eve. Windy
returned from eating at the Mule Barn and explaining to the guys all
about “experiential trans-wisdom” and its effects on education these
days. And there, on his front porch, was a cardboard box with holes
punched in it. It was vibrating a big, too, and making whining
sounds.
On opening it, Windy found a brown puppy with an overabundance of
enthusiasm and an active tongue and smile. There was no note. He
hugged the pup and took him in the house. It was going to be a great
Christmas.
[Text from file received from
Slim Randles]
Brought to you with
warmest Christmas season wishes by Slim and Catherine Randles.
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