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  • a view from under the pew: wilma the worrybird

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. wilma the worrybird the other day boss wilma worrybird was passing by the church worrying about the way she was hopping down the sidewalk oh dear she chirped there s a crack i hope i don t step on it i wonder if it would really break my mother s back oh dea...

  • a view from under the pew: the holiday cheese run-off

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on a computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the holiday cheese run-off boss i guess you heard about my holiday cheese binge the mouthy magpies and busybody blue jays can t seem to find anything else to talk about this week they could chirp and chortle all they wanted to about my eating habits boss and...

  • Year in review: Shooting deaths investigated in 2010

    Gary Mitchell

    PNT staff reports Among this year’s more notorious crimes, a teenager was charged with killing a young woman who had befriended him, a man died after being shot in Dora, a fugitive was brought to trial after more than 16 years on the run and a Roosevelt County farmer was acquitted in a murder-for-hire case involving a hate group. Slaying of Angel Vale In July, 22-year-old Eastern New Mexico University student Angel Vale was found shot to death in the side yard of the house she shared with her boyfriend on North Avenue A. V...

  • a view from under the pew: the mystery and miracle of christmas

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: When Amos went shopping recently for a tiny little red flashing light to decorate the Christmas tree sprig he had propped against his cozy matchbox home, he encountered the trials and tribulations of last-minute Christmas shoppers. In frustration, he called out for the real meaning of Christmas. About that time, Sammy Salamander wiggled by and pointed him to a little abandoned nativity scene far from the malling crowd but in the h...

  • a view from under the pew: quest for a christmas gift

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes....

  • a view from under the pew: the real story of thanksgiving

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. the real story of thanksgiving with the full realization that thanksgiving looms ahead boss i thought it intriguing that archaeologist tunneling bugs have unearthed a rare and ancient bugtussle find - the so-called real and true story of the first thanksgiving as reported by the initial edi...

  • a view from under the pew: annie the apathetic aphid

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew...

  • a view from under the pew: amos heads for the mountains

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. amos heads for the mountains i ve been to the mountaintop boss and the air is thin cool and clear i ve just returned from a mousey christian writer s conference and inspiration is spilling over my cup my problem boss is that i can t seem to catch any...

  • Amos: the leftover pizza nightmare

    Gary Mitchell

    boss i may have told you this but you should never eat day-old pizza slices leftover from a church youth party it creates strange visions - and not those of the biblical sort...

  • a view from under the pew: amos meets mrs mouses part one

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. amos meets mrs mouses part one for the past several months willifred the white rat – you remember willifred boss he was a mad scientist s experimental mouse before his conversion – anyway he has been trying to invent a miniature time machine for...

  • a view from under the pew: when amos met harry

    Gary Mitchell

  • a view from under the pew: moody mouse preaches to the atheists

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. moody mouse preaches to the atheists boss i ran across a bit of history the other day about moody mouse the great evangelist of the 1870s and 1880s who not only traveled throughout this country but shook the british isles as well it seems that one eve...

  • a view from under the pew: the peanut butter incident

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the peanut butter incident boss i nearly was no longer here last night i was slipping away and almost gone it gave little jenny the mouse next door quite a fright never eat peanut- butter-and-crackers before bedtime boss i shoulda known better one of my bes...

  • a view from under the pew: amos tries to love trigger

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks - except hyphens and dashes. amos tries to love trigger boss being a christian mouse in a world of heathen alleycats ain t easy to do just when you think you ve got the cheese of life figured out along comes marcellus the cat and turns your world topsy-turvy last sunday pastor leroy beetle preached about loving one anoth...

  • a view from under the pew: amos fights the gongers

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the keyboard shift keys, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. amos fights the gongers boss i guess you heard about yesterday and the disastrous way i behaved how i ranted and raved and created emotional tidal waves boss it was rather pitiful even if i do sound critical here s the way it came down...

  • a view from under the pew: amos all shook up

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. amos all shook up boss you may think i look a sight but it was nothing compared to the fright i took my hair may look a bit frizzled but my whole body was grizzled once i emerged from the church s washing machine monster lurking in the dark dank bas...

  • a view from under the pew: amos and the ugly mole

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can’t use the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. amos and the ugly mole boss i was looking at my reflection in the toilet bowl the other day and i noticed a growth just under my whiskers what is that i asked myself and i leaned over for a closer look and nearly fell in it was a mole exclamation point here boss...

  • a view from under the pew: amos and the fiery death-stick

    Gary Mitchell

    Gary Mitchell: Religion columnist amos and the fiery death-stick one grand and bright sunshiny day as i was whistling on my way boss - it was just before the fourth of july and i was so happy i could cry - when across my weary path i spied this odd hot dog with its tail just fried and it had printed – black cat – on its side what is it says i to no one in particular why it s a ufo from roswell says willifred the white rat who came by about then no it s a missile from iran or north korea or somewhere else says...

  • a view from under the pew: surviving the summer heat

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. surviving the summer heat boss after a week and two days of sweltering heat red-hot sidewalks and blistered little mousy feet i have decided that winter must be over and i have put away my mittens galoshes and fuzzy hat forever to top it off boss the church s air con...

  • a view from under the pew: the greatest dad of all

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the greatest dad of all at first glance pastor leroy beetle made a really terrible blunder the other day boss he asked the rash question to a young bug toddlers sunday school class aside from god the heavenly father who would you say is the greatest father of all time all the adult bugs and...

  • a view from under the pew: a problem with time

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note:...

  • A view from under the pew: the great bugtussle rodeo

    Gary Mitchell

    boss whoever first spoke or sang - i love a parade - must have been misquoted i m almost sure they said - i love a rodeo -...

  • a view from under the pew: the quivering red mountain

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the quivering red mountain boss when pastor leroy beetle preached on overcoming your mountains and obstacles for god i was ready to go i tell ya boss i was ready i was geared up i was pumped gimme that mountain i kept chanting over and over ain t no mountain big enough to keep me awa...

  • a view from under the pew: amos recalls graduation

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by throwing himself at the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. amos recalls graduation boss just seeing all the young hamsters and little mice dressed in their multicolored cheesecloth caps and gowns brought back memories from many days and gray hairs gone by back in sixty-six it was and there was a song called quotes here boss - gid...

  • a view from under the pew: the greatest mom of all

    Gary Mitchell

    amos the churchmouse: a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the greatest mom of all at first glance pastor leroy beetle made a really terrible blunder the other day boss he asked the rash question to a young bug toddlers sunday school class aside from mary the mother of jesus who would you say is the greatest mother of all time all the adult bug...

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