Thursday’s Tale: The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena

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I thought it might be fun this month to re-post some of my most popular fairy tale posts. “The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena” always gets a lot of views, but to be honest, it's not a story I remembered at all. “The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena” is a story from Kenya. The version I read in Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales was told to Phyllis Savory by Gwido Mariko and illustrated by Tamsin Hinrichsen. A lion who lived alone in a cave had an injured leg and cannot hunt , but luckily for him a hare, Sunguru, who was passing by realized the lion needed his help and stayed to take care of him. The lion gained strength and was soon well enough to catch food for them to eat. One day a hyena smelled the bones that were left from the two friends’ meal. The hyena, wanting the delicious bones, tried to convince the lion that he had been...
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My Favorite . . Holiday

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My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. My favorite holiday is Christmas. Not terrible original, I know, but I love everything about it. I love the lights and decorations, the music, the days off work and school. We usually try to do a special Christmassy thing each year. This year we went to the Sara Evans Christmas concert in Wheeling, which I enjoyed. We also went up to the Carnegie Museum to see the Neapolitan Presepio, which is definitely worth seeing if you get a chance. On Christmas Day, we always open presents and have French toast casserole at home in the morning. We go to church if it happens to be a Sunday. Then, we go to my in-laws' for lunch and my...
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Readers’ Workouts – 1/24

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I made my step goal for the week overall. This week: Our weather has been so up and down lately. On the weekend it felt like spring, now we're back to winterish. Not much snow so far this year, but lots of rain. I'm hoping that trend holds. I'd rather have rain than snow any day. Tuesday - Walk with the dog Thursday - Elliptical Saturday - Bowling Sunday - Walk with the dog Monday - Pilates Meal plan: Burgers and sweet potatoes Spaghetti (because my husband loves me) Taco salad Hashbrown casserole with fruit Deconstructed cabbage rolls New Year Fitness Goals: - Lose weight. Goal - Lose 26 lbs. I'm down 2 lbs. (141.4 starting weight) - Run 2 5ks, 1 10K and 1 half. Complete - None - Hit my weekly step goal (56,000 steps) for 48 weeks. Weeks completed: 4 How was your week? Readers’ Workouts is hosted by Joy at Joy’s Book Blog ....
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Love Does by Bob Goff

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I picked up Love Does on the recommendation of a friend. On the one hand, I can see why she liked it, on the other hand I expected more from it. Love Does is about getting out there and doing things, not just talking about them or wishing them. It's about going big. To illustrate this, Goff uses a story from his life - and man does he have some stories, and connecting it to a Biblical truth. Sometimes those connections are stretching a little and some of his stories are not necessarily as amusing or relatable as he seems to think. I am glad i listened to the audio, which is narrated by Goff. It's like he's telling you the stories himself. In print some of them may have come off as bragging, but from his voice he seems honest and like a truly good guy who takes advantage of any and all opportunities life gives him and makes his own....
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Thursday’s Tale: Crocodile’s Treason

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I thought it might be fun this month to re-post some of my most popular fairy tale posts. Another often visited post is "Crocodile's Treason". The folktale comes from South Africa and takes place during the time when animals could still talk. The Crocodile is the leader of all the water animals, so when the river dries up, he comes up with a plan to trek to another river, one that the otter assures him still has water and will be able to withstand any drought. There are a couple of problems. First, traveling across dry land is dangerous for water creatures. Second, to get to the other river they have to pass by a Boer's farm. The Crocodile comes up with the solution. He offers peace to the lion and other veldt animals. In exchange for allowing the crocodile and his friends to cross without worrying about being eaten and to escort them pass the farm, the other animals will...
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