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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Sage , 'a very eloquent and thoughtful post.  You do know when I refernce you 
all as being 'hard' or 'tough', it is a compliment.  I think what the women 
on this list do, themselves , is amazing.  But, it makes me smile when 
someone says something like they compared the upkeep of their beau to the 
upkeep of a horse   :-)

For whatever reason, aside from my poor writing skills, some people have an 
image of me that isn't close to reality.  But, that is okay; kindness always 
wins out in the end.

When you say "most women" are like you, I don't agree, though.  Most women , 
as well as most men, just want their comfortable place in the material world 
-- at least that is my present jaded observation.  That isn't to say that 
makes anyone good or bad, it is just an observation.  

I wish more of you kept blogs.  I read your's and Roxanne's, regularly.

I am not as optimistic about people working together as you seem to be, but I 
hope you are right.  I hope even the least ominous scenario that I am 
concerned about, never comes to pass.  

Anyway, thanks for helping me back to the right side of the path, 
sage.........bob

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--- On Wed, 2/4/09, Sage Austin | Eureka! Design <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> 
> Bob, you often talk about all of us tough, hard homesteading ladies. I 
think most women possess this spirit whether they know it yet or not. 
> But I think our hardness does not come from guns, it comes
from perseverance and determination as much as it does compassion, humility,  
and love.
> 
> --Sage

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