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Slim Randles' Home Country
The soft music
of the mountains
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[November 09, 2017]
Old
Jasper Blankenship bought a deer license again this year, just as
he’s done every year since Eisenhower was President. He sticks
nickels and dimes in a jar all year long and smiles each time he
contributes. By fall, he’s saved up enough for a deer tag. |
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Old Jasper Blankenship bought a deer license again
this year, just as he’s done every year since Eisenhower was
President. He sticks nickels and dimes in a jar all year long and
smiles each time he contributes. By fall, he’s saved up enough for a
deer tag.
Jasper lives full-time out at the diggin’s with his dog, Arthur, of
course, so he has only to walk about 100 feet from the cabin to do
his hunting. That’s one of the marvels of it.
If he sees a nice buck, he might shoot it. Hey, he enjoys venison
like everyone else, of course. But he might not shoot it. He had two
good shots last fall and didn’t take either one of them. He’s tried
to justify this inactivity to himself, but has come a cropper each
time.
So off he went once again with his rifle to sit against that one
certain tree, kinda scrooched around in the pine needles until he
was comfortable, and waited.
The squirrel came down a nearby tree and chattered at him for a
while, and then left. The blue jay flew to a branch above him and
looked down. Didn’t stay long, though.
The soft music of the mountains began along about four in the
afternoon, resembling at first just the breeze in the tops of the
aspens, but later taking form into a melody no composer could ever
create.
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A legal buck came along just
about sundown, but he just waved at it and watched it bound off.
Didn’t want to shoot one on opening day, anyway. Still five days to
go.
Maybe tomorrow.
We’ll see.
[Text from file received from
Slim Randles]
Ol' Jimmy Dollar
is Slim Randles' first children's book. The book is for kids
K-3rd grades and is even better when parents read it with children.
Ol' Jimmy Dollar makes for sweet dreams and if you have a dog
even better. Available now on Amazon.
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