<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 26pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(84, 130, 53);">Mother Earth's Gifts</span></b><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0in 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">By Kelly Roper<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="vindent" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Mother Earth gives her gifts for all to share,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">She gives them freely, yet she's still aware<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">That things are changing, perhaps for the worse.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">How much more can she give if our future is cursed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="vindent" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">It's way past time to put Mother Earth first,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">To clean up the water before we all thirst,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">To clean up the air before our lungs sicken,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">To renew the soil and feel it quicken.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="vindent" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">How long until the point of no return?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">How much longer until we all finally learn,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">That to this task we all must rise.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">And stop abusing Mother Earth before she dies.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I’m a Card</span></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>