BAGPIPES AND FUNERALS

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WELCOME TO The EZINE WRITER emagazine! • "Useless as a fireproof match" says Chicago Tribune! • • T h e  E Z I N E  W R I T E R • D E S I G N E D  W I T H  Y O U R  M I N D  I N  M I N D <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |||||||||||| The EZINE WRITER ||||||||||| <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BAGPIPES AND FUNERALS _____________________-«{}»-_____________________ "...I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight..."   A s a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Alabama backwoods.   As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.   I went to the side of the grave and looked down, and the vault lid was already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.   The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I've never played before for this homeless man. And as I played "Amazing Grace", the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head was hung low, my heart was full.   As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say: "I never seen anything like that before, and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years." ______________________<>_____________________ This has been another useless posting from The EZINE WRITER emagazine! %%%    _________________________________________________________ Copywight 2014 - Elmer Fudd All Wights Weserved %%%    _________________________________________________________ _______________________________                     |||||| Bradley |||||| Grand poobah and bathroom attendant. mailto: EzineWriterOwner@gmail.com ________________________________ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________ |||||||||||| The EZINE WRITER ||||||||||| Designed With Your Mind In Mind <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   Get more! Click here for our Facebook page!   KEYWORDS: #bagpiper, #cemetery, #funeral, #homeless, #tanks.

BEGIN AGAIN

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WELCOME TO The EZINE WRITER emagazine! • "Useless as a fireproof match" says Chicago Tribune! •   We wish you a safe and happy new year! Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min', Should auld acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. And here's a hand, my trusty fierce, And gie's a hand o' thine, And we'll tak' a right guid willie-waught, For auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. And surely ye'll be your pint stowpt, And surely I'll be mine, And we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne.                           - Robert Burns ***HAVE SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!*** • T h e  E Z I N E  W R I T E R • D E S I G N E D  W I T H  Y O U R  M I N D  I N  M I N D <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |||||||||||| The EZINE WRITER ||||||||||| <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BEGIN AGAIN _____________________-«{}»-_____________________ "...Begin to remember how natural it was when you were a child, to live a lifetime each day..."   B egin to see yourself as you were when you were the happiest and strongest you've ever been.   Begin to remember what worked for you and what worked against you, and try to capture the magic again.   Begin to remember how natural it was when you were a child, to live a lifetime each day.   Begin to forget the baggage you have carried with you for years. The problems that don't matter anymore, the tears that cried themselves away, and the worries that are going to wash away on the shore of tomorrow's NEW BEGINNINGS.   Tomorrow tells us it will be here every new day of our lives; and if we will be wise, we will turn away from the problems of the past and give the future and ourselves a chance to become the best of friends.   Sometimes all it takes is a wish in the heart to allow yourself ...to begin again. ______________________<>_____________________ This has been another useless posting from The EZINE WRITER emagazine! %%%    _________________________________________________________ Copywight 2014 - Elmer Fudd All Wights Weserved %%%    _________________________________________________________ _______________________________                     |||||| Bradley |||||| Grand poobah and bathroom attendant. mailto: EzineWriterOwner@gmail.com ________________________________ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________ |||||||||||| The EZINE WRITER ||||||||||| Designed With Your Mind In Mind <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   Get more! Click here for our Facebook page!   KEYWORDS: