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overcoming writer s block the other day i stumbled across a ripped-out page from the m encyclopedia boss and it intrigued me on the ripped-out page it had a picture of a painting created by the famous renaissance artist michelangelo it was called the creation of adam and it was enthralling...
Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can't use the shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks -- except for hyphens and dashes. happy cheesy new year boss this holiday season got the best of me i turned into a cheese-a-holic i don t know if you know it or not but church folk can throw some outlandish food parties this time of the year visions of cheesecakes cheese crackers and cheese rolls danced in my head on their way to my tummy it s joyous time of the year says i - with my...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard keys, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. amos lit up for christmas boss i don t know if you ve noticed the wonder of the lighted world around us at this time of year but sometimes it takes my breath away like yesterday for example i decided to decorate my own little humble matchbox abode with a string of multicolored blinking lights actually i thought about those lov...
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 and the blustery day yesterday boss i opened the door of my cozy little matchbox home in the corner of the church and slipped outside through the crack in the wall in the choir room the moment i stepped outside a gust of icy wind slapped me in the face shivering i started to go over to a clump of the church s rose bushes whe...
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 lost story of thanksgiving with the full realization that thanksgiving was just celebrated 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 edition of the church pew inquirer gig...
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 dashes and hyphens. a new attitude for bertie the other day boss i ran across little bertie woeworm - actually i tried to avoid him but he spotted me anyway you remember bertie boss he s the sort of fellow who when he walks into a room you feel like somebody just turned out the lights bertie was crying it s so sad he said the world is worse than really bad...
Author Gary Mitchell says some of his characters in Amos columns are based loosely on observations of people he encounters in and outside of church. Born in the active imagination of a shy teen hoping to contribute to his church’s newsletter, Amos the Churchmouse has wiggled his way into the hearts and minds of thousands of readers for more than four decades. A staple on the Clovis News Journal’s religion page since 1989, Amos champions Christianity by exploring the underpinnings of the church world. Creator Gary Mit...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift key, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the great ob-word nightmare last night boss i woke up with a terrible nightmare as always i was being pursued by the hideous menacing marcellus the cat with no hesitation at all i scampered up the broom to the top of the kitchen counter darted past the sink and poised myself at the edge of the other side of the counter muttering a h...
Editor’s note: With the coming of Halloween today, Amos requested a re-run of his favorite Halloween column. 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. spooky superstitions weird things have been happening to me recently boss it s like some black cat has been planning my things-to-do list first of all i didn t want to get out of bed especially after last night s dream...
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 dashes and hyphens. pastor beetle s sermonic poem boss pastor leroy beetle surprised us in the church pew underworld with a poetic sermon about jesus being our sacrificial substitute and i thought i would share it with you a college bug one day asked in the midst of a theology class tell me sir in the space of a breath what does the death of a fir...
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. freddy faces discouragement freddy the flea has been having some problems lately boss his father is an alcoholic - a drunken flea is a pitiful sight indeed - so his home life hasn t been going well and of course that s affected freddy s job with the flea circus his timing is off he keeps making the elephants sneeze and the ringmaster...
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. toilet paper cat calamity marcellus the mangy ungodly cat has been running amuck here boss terrorizing little mice hamsters guinea pigs and even experimental white rats like willifred in fact boss we little mice kept hidden away in our little cramped mousey corners scarcely daring to breathe much less take a stroll to the kitchen gro...
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 dashes and hyphens. what s in a hollow log boss i ran into a hollow log yesterday that led me into the mythical reaches of fantasy land and no i haven t been smoking my cheese instead of eating it it all started when i began chasing tinkerbelle who i was sure was just a silly little firefly do i look like a firefly tinkerbelle stormed at me...
An exhibition of 123 vintage photographs taken by retired Clovis business man Duffy Sasser drew a large number of visitors to the Eula Mae Edwards Memorial Museum and Gallery in 1997. It was “A Photographic Journey Down Memory Lane” was the way CNJ writer Gary Mitchell described Sasser’s exhibition of black and white photographs of the Clovis area taken in the 1930s and 1940s. Two receptions were held during the month-long exhibit, and community residents were invited to assist in identifying people and places shown in the p...
Editor’s note: Last time, Amos set up shop observing the animals in the church pew underworld attempt to console Sammy Salamander after the loss of his best friend, Petey the Pollywog. Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t work the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. requiem for a pet frog part two boss it wasn t long before bertie woeworm wriggled by sammy s stump bertie looked as discouraged as sammy boss hello sammy bertie sai...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t work the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. requiem for a pet frog i noticed sammy salamander sitting on a stump all by himself one day looking so forlorn and being the psychological sort of mouse that i am i decided to observe animal nature at its best consoling its fellow animalkind sally spider was the first to wander past sammy who was noticeably groaning by now hey sam...
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 runs amok 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...
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 dashes and hyphens. a cross-country epiphany boss do you ever get so wrapped up in the busy-ness and routine of life that you lose the wonder of it all that s the way it s seemed to me lately here in the church pew underworld life is so mundane i complained to pastor leroy beetle...
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. willifred s rocket launchings one day last month the lord told willifred the white rat — you remember willifred boss he was a mad scientist s experimental mouse before his conversion —to launch three match-rockets and to call them experience 1 2 and 3 and even though he didn t understand it all he started doing it anyway fir...
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 hears the lady canaries boss i couldn t believe it i was so excited the four lady canaries were coming to little bugtussle to sing like one of the performers said bugtussle isn t the end of the earth but you can see it from here still they were here anyway - the four lady canaries - that award- winning quartet that had nine num...
Editor’s note: Last week, Amos dreamed about three small teddy bears in a barn, one with a scar across his heart, one with wrinkles and a lot of wear and tear and one with a forlorn face. In the dream, Elijah the little green lizard delivered a word of comfort and encouragement for the teddy bear with a wounded heart. Elijah then moves on to the other two teddy bears....
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 dashes and hyphens. the wounded teddy bear boss a strange dream overtook me last night i still don t know what to make of it in my dream i woke up and wandered out of my mouse hole in the corner of the church choir room and instead of going outside i went down a long dark tunnel that emptied out into a b...
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 dashes and hyphens. the sea-faring amos boss i heard about another amos who was a seafaring mouse he played tippy-toe with the ocean waves then he built himself a strong little raft - such a sturdy seaworthy craft it was - and off he sailed without a fuss that sea-going amos was a resourceful cuss he loaded his raft if you please with stacks and sta...
Editor’s note: In honor of the Independence Day holiday, Amos, our erstwhile churchmouse poet, recalls his first encounter with a firecracker. Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keys, but he can’t work the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. 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...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. an ode to amos father boss i was running for my very life away from marcellus the heathen alley cat the other day and tripped over a deflated basketball in the church closet fortunately it was lumpy enough for me to hide under it and marcellus rushed right on by and around the next corner after i crawled out i remembered where i had see...
