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link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by throwing himself onto the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. 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...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell By: Gary Mitchell Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. the malaprop mouse editor boss i may have mentioned this once before but life ain t easy under a cushionless church pew and especially so if you re a newspaper editor in the church pew underworld community of bu...
STAFF REPORT Opening arguments begin today in the murder trial of a Belen man accused in a 2009 death of Marco Bonilla of Portales. Marvin Silva, 40, is accused of first degree murder by bludgeoning 25-year-old Bonilla during a street brawl Nov. 23, 2009. At the time of the incident, Portales Police Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry said Lucio Ramirez, 22, of Portales was charged with hitting Silva in the head with a hammer. Ramirez was charged with aggravated battery in 2009, according to Portales News-Tribune reports. The charge wa...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by throwing himself onto the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes. greed strikes willifred boss i talked willifred the white rat into taking a trip in his newfangled tiny time traveler machine all we have to do is just strap it onto my 1957 cheese-rolet matchbox car where do you want to go am...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell 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 dashes and hyphens. amos meets a frog-herding lizard although it s getting warmer boss all this rain in recent days has me contemplating the idea of turning my little matchbox home into a houseboat-on-a-raft but more than that it feels like we ve stepp...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell 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. amos all tangled up boss in case you re wondering why there s kool-aid and coffee stains all over this week s column it s because marcellus that mangy malevolent cat has been running amuck lately he s been a holy terror - well maybe not s...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell 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. death by cheese pizza boss you may have heard by now that i m a marked mouse marcellus the mean nasty mangy ungodly cat has notified the church pew underworld that he has put my name at the head of his black mouse list – his top 10...
Editor’s note: In response to a reader’s request, Amos asked to have his chocolate vat adventure rerun. 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. link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell amos falls into a vat of chocolate boss i was just minding my own business the other day jogging across the church s kitchen counter when my litt...
amos the churchmouse: link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell a view from under the pew Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation. running round mt sinai boss i ve said it before and i ll say it again - life ain t easy beneath a cushionless church pew in fact it seems that life is getting more hectic and more insane with every weird day that rolls around take for example the other day m...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell 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. legend of the easter seed boss i don t know if you ve ever had a conversation with a mustard seed before but i did the other day it was quite enlightening with this being the season of easter and all i was shopping in sara spider s und...
The coming of spring caught Amos somewhat off guard this year. He was still anticipating snowstorms that never came when the first wildflower poked its multicolored head out of the ground. Though amazed at the sight, Amos went on his way without taking much notice. So spring sprang on him by surprise. He stumbled into it the other day when he met Robin Redjoy. amos on spring boss this has been a dull dreary week even the sun didn t want to come out and play until the other day i was down and out boss - lower than a caterpilla...
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. little mouse from nowhere boss there s a strange little creature roaming around the church pew underworld nowadays he came to our neighborhood three days ago boss dressed in what looked to be a tattered burlap bag held together by red rubber bands and those grocery store produce bag ties he looked like elijah come back to life – if elijah...
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. post-holiday dieter s dilemma now that the holidays and all that good food has ceased for a while boss i ve decided never to talk to freddy the flea anymore he called me a big fat mouse the other day and made me mad so i called him a skinny little tick but somehow it didn t have the same impact he could have called me a big fat louse...
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. 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 mouth...
link Staff photo: Tony Bullocks Rico Sena is led away by Curry County deputies after being sentenced on Tuesday for voluntary manslaughter by District Judge Stephen Quinn. Staff writer [email protected] Veronica Menzie described her baby brother Devin Saiz as a comedy character from the movie “Shrek.” “… The effervescent, lively and comical donkey,” Menzie said. “There was never a moment in which Devin wasn’t making someone smile or laugh.” On March 30, 2013, Rico Sena stab...
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 wrestles a nightmare boss 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 last night i went to sleep in my little matchbox bed and immediately dreamed of falling into a dark deep hole in the earth...
Religion columist 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. 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 i dreamed of an invasion of alien black cats who had a secret sonar system to ferret out little mice like me boss then i tri...
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. ella the unenchanted ant just the other day boss i ran across a disillusioned young insect ella the apathetic ant was ambling down a church aisle bemoaning the state of her life and the church pew underworld around her life looks so hopeless ella moaned nothing really matters anymore i don t matter anymore nobody matters anymore and besid...
Local columnist 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. with it being close to columbus day boss jenny the girl mouse next door and i decided to borrow willifred the white rat s tiny time traveler machine and take a trip back to 1492 so we popped the tiny time traveler onto my 57 cheese-rolet hit the switch and off we flew - back in time and back into space to 1502 instead of 1492...
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.boss i think i might have mentioned this before but life ain t easy under a church pew the heathen alley cats have declared war on me they climb up on the window ledge outside the church and sneer at me through the stained glass windows it s unnerving boss and sometimes makes my little tail quiver and not only that but the church custo...
Editor’s note: Since last week, Amos and Freddie Flea (along with Sammy Salamander), joined Arthur the old mangled turtle on his consuming quest for the holey cheese. Calling themselves the “Knights of Arthur’s Round Shell,” the foursome marched bravely down the steps of the church basement to encounter whatever adventures awaited them. life is bold life is great we re on our way to excavate the holey cheese from its resting plate life is bold life is great fraidy cats nor wimps we ain t we re the toughest in the state w...
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. a tale of two frogs boss pastor leroy beetle was a bit discouraged the other day he told me that he dreaded the effects of summer and its warm care-free days in the church pew underworld you mean about folks taking time off for the weekends i asked no not just that he said everybody needs some time away and off to themselves even mice and littl...
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. although it s getting warmer boss all this rain in recent days has me contemplating the idea of turning my little matchbox home into a houseboat-on-a-raft but more than that it feels like we ve stepped into a biblical plague have you counted all the frogs who have shown up on the church house lawn question mark here boss their hippi...
link Amos the Church Mouse Illustrated by Gary Mitchell 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. boss there have been some strange air currents passing through the church pew underworld these days in alfred hitchcock-style the birds have landed and they re causing more ruckus than an octopus on a merry-go-round first came the p...
Projects editor [email protected] After almost three years of court wrangling, Portales attorney Eric Dixon has pleaded to lesser charges after being accused of using his vehicle to run down District Judge Teddy Hartley outside the Curry County Courthouse. Dixon’s attorney Gary Mitchell of Ruidoso said Dixon entered an Alford plea Tuesday to misdemeanor charges of careless driving and petty assault. Dixon was originally charged in October 2011 with felony aggravated assault from an incident six months earlier Under New M...
