Written in 1985 on the birth of Ed Dillon.
Better tell Chicken Little and the three men in a tub;
Better tell Humpty Dumpty and old Mother Hubbard.
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Written in 1983 on the birth of Sam Dillon.
Surprise, surprise, big blue eyes,
Better get the word out on the telephone lines;
Surprise, surprise, two is now three;
What was once small is now a big family.
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Written in 1979 after an incident on a trip my old housemate Adelia Kearney and I took to spend Christmas at her parents’ home in Montrose, Colorado. My dog Gopher got hit by a Bronco during a stop at a park in Durango, Colorado.
It all started in Durango when my dog got hit,
We took him to the vet, and we thought that was it;
But he wasn’t hurt bad, so we got back in the car,
When we started seein’ signs for The Cowboy Bar.
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Co-written in 1973 with Mary Ann Simmons in Chicago. Loosely based on a man I met at the $50 betting window at the 1973 Kentucky Derby.
I can tell you’re from Tennessee,
I can see the Smoky Mountains in Your eyes;
You talk kind funny to this city girl, I know;
But you’re gentle like a good old hound
And I think I want to keep you around,
Country man, won’t you stay with me tonight?
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Written around 1977.
I was so young when I first saw him,
In that run-down truck stop café;
Fillin’ up mugs I was, passin’ out pie I was,
Fussin’ with my hair I was
Wishin’ some trucker would fall in love with me.
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Co-written in 1980 with RTD. First performed for the New Mexico Mountain Club as a trip report. Music adapted from mixed sources. El ladron means “the thief” in Spanish. El Ladrón (also called Ladrón Peak) is over 9000’ feet high and is in New Mexico’s Rio Grande Valley.
I am the mountain they call El Ladrón
New Mexico Mountain Club please hear my song;
You drink your cerveza, you sing all your songs,
You boast you can climb me, but, oh, you are wrong;
My rivers are dry, bring your water from home,
The agave and cactus are the swords of Ladrón,
So beware, those who climb El Ladrón.
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Written around 1977
Ridin’ on another midnight bus to avoid a motel
Think’ about the last trip out and how you never can tell;
And here I am on another plane with the headphones on,
Listenin’ to C & W tunes for the third time around.
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Originally published in LLL US Western Division’s Connections #93, January/February 2001
I coordinated the talent shows for the USWD TEAM Meetings in 1998 and 2000. I had never met most of the performers until a few days before the performance, and none of us had ever been in the buildings where the shows would be held, let alone on the stages. How did I do it? Below are some considerations for coordinating your own talent show long distance.
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
Co-written with Elizabeth White. Originally published in LLL US Western Division’s Connections #96, July/August 2001
Wouldn’t it be great if you could show everyone at an event who was attending and where they’d come from? Photo maps create a positive impression and a feeling of togetherness that warm feeling that sometimes only photographs can elicit. You could expand your photo map to include families, co-Leaders, Group, and departments. Your map could be of a county, a state, several states, a Division, a country, the world! Visualize the event in a concrete way: consider creating a photo map. During the TEAM 2000 gathering at Denver University, we were able to do just that!
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
With help from Lisa Albright and Amy Crane. Originally published in LLLI’s LEAVEN, April-May 2002
When a Leader relocates, La Leche League often provides welcome continuity in the face of moving upheaval. Not all Leaders are ready to jump into local LLL work immediately upon arrival, however. The following thoughts and experiences from move-in Leaders may help all Leaders be sensitive to the needs and feelings of women who have recently arrived in a new community.
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