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Out of Step

April 22, 2007 Joey Cope 0

I just read a summary of a report. Not the actual report. Just the highlights as detailed by the report’s authors. It was well done and articulately written. The committee who gathered the data and debated its meaning were all good people. I missed the oral presentation of the report. [read more]

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Unpredictability

April 8, 2007 Joey Cope 0

Much of our local news and the talk in the neighborhood coffee shop has centered on the unexpected. In fact, in the middle of last week’s 85 degree temperatures we were all laughing at our meteorologists’ assertions that we would see snow on this Easter weekend. A late April Fool’s [read more]

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Black Birds

March 28, 2007 Joey Cope 0

My grandmother taught me to appreciate birds. In the broad expanse of her San Angelo backyard, we sat quietly and watched the blue jays and cardinals. Mockingbirds, as the official state bird of Texas, brought special deference. I listened to the remarkably varied calls of this brown and white creature. [read more]

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Seeing-Eye Son

March 20, 2007 Joey Cope 0

The last two years have been an adventure. My son, Jeremy, and I went into business together. We’ve had good times and we’ve tried to remember that all the gurus say that it takes 2 to 3 years to get a business off the ground. We believe that. We just [read more]

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A Little Side-Trip

March 15, 2007 Joey Cope 0

I just had this feeling. Maybe it was because I had been here before. Or perhaps it was because a heightened sense of awareness accompanies any situation where I find myself wrapped in a paper toga and wearing little else. But probably it was from the way Nurse Linda was [read more]