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	<title>A Southern Missive</title>
	
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		<title>An Event You Should Attend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angus-Dubhghall (Monroe&#8217;s Celtic ensemble&#8211;with myself, Tom &#38; Mary and Brad) will be performing for this event. Please do come if you can.

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		<title>When Skunks Are a Problem: How to Trap Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a rendezvous at Fort Washita in Oklahoma&#8211;oh, it must have been around 1999 or 2000, I talked with one of the sutlers there who made skunk caps (like a coonskin cap that David Crockett is pictured as wearing).  I asked him how he got his hides for the skunk caps&#8211;which he sold out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Ten Pounds Short”: A Short Story by Rickey Pittman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the short story that won honorable mention in the 24 hour short story contest I entered not long ago.
&#8220;Ten Pounds Short&#8221; by Rickey E. Pittman
Ellis B. slashed a diagonal line on that day’s date on the calendar. The annual Festival of Pumpkins in Paris, Texas was only a week away.
Ellis B. Evans, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from South Mississippi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lee Cody and I have been working nonstop for 2 days on our book&#8211;our working title is The 14th Denial&#8211;a book that will tell the story of C. Lee Cody, Jr. who worked in Jacksonville, Florida, with the Duval County Sheriff’s Office for seven years, reaching the rank of Detective Sergeant. In 1964, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“West Texas Highway” Lyrics &amp; Guitar Chords</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Texas Highway by Lyle Lovett , written by Boomer Castleman and Michael Martin Murphey
Lovett does the song in the key of F. I was not happy with the arrangements I found on the Internet, so I posted these. I lowered the key a half step, and changed one chord (the third one) to fit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Days You Write the Song: Lyrics by Guy Clark</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my recent drive to the DFW area to do book signings at 4 Sam&#8217;s Club stores, I listened to my favorite radio station there, The Range, and as usual, I heard a song that I couldn&#8217;t live without learning. It was another one by Guy Clark, one of the finest songwriters that has ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Brendan: The Irishman Who Discovered America</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brendan Voyage: A Review by Rickey E. Pittman
I’ve had few books pique my interests and hold my attention as much as The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin. First published in May of 1978, it’s one of those books that after reading you ask, “Why didn’t I find out about this book years ago?” This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return from College Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Friday, I presented my Scots-Irish program to the first and second graders at Forest Ridge Elementary. The kids and staff were wonderful. I&#8217;ll try to post some more photos of the day soon. This was my first visit to College Station, but I&#8217;m sure it won&#8217;t be my last. As I&#8217;ve said before, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Leprechauns Go Into a Bar . . .</title>
		<link>http://southernmissive.booklocker.com/2009/09/27/two-leprechauns-go-into-a-bar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Leprechaun&#8217;s Go into a Bar&#8211;A Very Short Story . . .
Two leprechauns, Seamus and Angus, go into the Rainbow Lounge, an American bar in Fort Worth, intending to have some fun with the locals. They put on cowboy hats and boots, and enter singing, &#8220;Somewhere, over the rainbow,&#8221; for that is a leprechaun&#8217;s favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Used Editions to My Civil War Library</title>
		<link>http://southernmissive.booklocker.com/2009/09/26/new-used-editions-to-my-civil-war-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>r. pittman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I presented a program at the SCV camp in Sherman, Texas. They were a great group. One thing I will say about members of such historically focussed groups is that they are readers.  Because of them, I&#8217;ve added three new books to my library:
Requiem by W.J. Tancig (1968) An epic poem that I [...]]]></description>
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