{"id":278,"date":"2014-02-26T04:32:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T04:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=278"},"modified":"2014-02-26T04:32:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T04:32:04","slug":"rock-on-skippy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"Rock On, Skippy."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Da<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Skippy\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Not so very long ago, when I was visiting places with warmer temperatures, and sandy beaches, I took a walk.<\/p>\n

As with every other morning in that Balmy Paradise, I strolled along the beach.\u00a0 It ran right alongside the ocean, of all things.<\/p>\n

I marveled at this.<\/p>\n

Once morning, while meandering… I happened upon a craggy-rocky thing.\u00a0 It was scooting along the beach.\u00a0 I imaging it isn’t very easy for a a craggy-rocky thing to scooch through sand.\u00a0 Wet sand.<\/p>\n

But it had a pleasant look on its face.\u00a0 Like there was no hurry.\u00a0 None at all.<\/p>\n

I called out… “Hello there, there craggy-rocky thing.”<\/span>
\n To which it replied…. “The last name is Waters. … … Skip Waters..”<\/span><\/p>\n

Wow, I said.\u00a0 Great name for a rock?<\/span>
\n What’d ya’ mean?.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nevermind.\u00a0 So…. Skip…. where are you headed?<\/span>
\n Up to North.\u00a0 I am headed to a big Rock, Scissors, Paper Tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good for you. Are you traveling alone?<\/span>
\n Well, I started out with my girlfriend, Paper….. AND…. my best friend Scissors.<\/span><\/p>\n

What happened?<\/span>
\n As it turns out… Paper got all wrapped up with another Rock, and left me.\u00a0 And Scissors kept cutting my off in every conversation… so I pulverized him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh.\u00a0 That’s too bad.<\/span>
\nYep. Ya’ win some, you lose some.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well. Nice meeting you Skip.\u00a0 Good Luck Buddy.<\/span>
\n Nice meeting you.<\/span><\/p>\n

And off the little fella’ scooted. I thought that would be the last I ever heard of him.\u00a0 But a couple of weeks later, I read in the newspaper that he met a really nice Bread Roll. That funny Rock and the bread Roll got\u00a0 married and made beautiful music together.<\/p>\n

Yet…. another life example.\u00a0 You never know where, or with who… you will find your one true love.<\/p>\n

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me. — Carl Sandburg<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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