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		<title>The Fairytale</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As he sat, typing at his keyboard, it happened. He was &#8220;drawn&#8221; into his story. Literally. He&#8217;d written a myriad of mush, but this time, there was something different in the usual electric vibe that pulsated between the tactile, the &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/the-fairytale/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=226&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Godly Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pace was an accountant in a grocery store.  His life consisted mainly of sorting numbers and filing reports to managers regarding sales, inventories, top-selling brands, fastest movers, slow movers, packaged foods that take up space, those that use glass for &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/of-godly-men/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=220&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Earl</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earl enjoyed his grasses. He knew them by heart. Ryes, blues, swtiches, bermuda&#8230;you name it, Earl knew it. He knew them through more than simple rote memory. You see, he knew them by their taste. Earl, it would happen, was &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/earl/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=217&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Querry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is life? Who can tell in this day. It is a time when its measure can only be observed by how much of it is lived, how much squandered, and how much&#8230;wasted. A time when it is so easily &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/the-querry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=209&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Thorn and the Vine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sun seared his face and he could feel the skin tightening at his temple and cheek. There was a buzzing from a bug flying round, or maybe in his mind from the heat,  and then there were the thorns &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/the-thorn-and-the-vine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=171&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Twisted&#8221;, by Truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hailing from the Orchid Isles of the South Pacific, the Knight Anole was a princely creature who was both loved and loathed by one and all, and all at once. The race had a unique quality, in that they could &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/twisted-by-truth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=166&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Pleasant Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Thank you, Mrs. Willoughby,&#8221; the tall gent with the handlebars was timid, and in almost novel, uncharacteristic fashion (for as a former warrior, he was not accustomed to temerity), &#8220;I&#8217;ll be back around next Sunday to check in on things.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/a-pleasant-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=157&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Da-test</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What we take with us</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is too often said, back in the hills (where I come from) that &#8220;there ain&#8217;t no EWE-HAWLs at the fyoon-rull&#8221;. I&#8217;m afraid that for once, I have to argue with our ethereal wit (like Uncle Jed, solid and profound, &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/what-we-take-with-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=142&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It is Time</title>
		<link>http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/it-is-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I weaken the strong with my metre. I offer cadence to the songstress (if only, she will listen). The dying man implores me, &#8220;just a little more&#8221;; the laggard tries to imagine what could have become of me. When I &#8230; <a href="http://mbshepherd.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/it-is-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mbshepherd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2954328&amp;post=138&amp;subd=mbshepherd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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