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Ron the Yarn Spinner

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Tonight, tonight, the plans I make, tomorrow, tomorrow, the story I create.  Though the tale will not win me fame still, Ronald Tragasz is my name.  No straw-like words made golden here nor little imp that I keep near to help me  write propitious prose of words that sing for glass beads or a ring.    

When You Mess with Mother Nature

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When You Mess with Mother Nature What me Worry?” Alfred E. Neuman from MAD Magazine. Picture a quiet but far away corner of the world… a place where wisdom sometimes trails behind ambition, and where a man—blessed with time, money, and just enough knowledge to be dangerous—decides that nature could use a little help. Meet Thomas Austin, self-appointed architect of the new and improved. A man who looked at the ancient balance of tooth and nail, root and rain, fire and frost… and concluded it could be improved with a little adjustment. But every adjustment demands correction. And in the quiet overgrowth of a world down under,  lies a lesson  for the next man with too much time, too much money… and not nearly enough caution.   “ There’s plenty of room for all of Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.”   Sarah Palin Like former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, Austin had the same fondness for animals—particularly rabbits. But there were...