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One girl, Mary Lou Finney, said the most peculiar things, like out of the blue she would say, "Omnipotent!" or "Beef brain!"†
p. 11.6
She had a pleasant round face and huge, enormous sky-blue eyes.†
p. 12.1
She twirled her finger through her curly hair and let those big blue eyes roam over the ceiling.†
p. 21.8
He still wore his red-and-blue—striped tie.†
p. 28.8
It was as blue as the bluebells that grow behind the barn in Bybanks, and that water just went on and on—it was all you could see.†
p. 34.1
It looked like a huge blue pasture of water.†
p. 34.2
The young man was wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans, and his hands were stuffed into his pockets.†
p. 39.9 *
Inside was a small piece of blue paper and on it was printed this message: Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins.†
p. 47.9
On the front was a picture of a beautiful blue lake surrounded by tall evergreens.†
p. 52.1
As we left Phoebe's house, there on the front steps was another white envelope with a blue sheet of paper inside.†
p. 56.3
Inside was a blue sweater.†
p. 83.5
He wore blue jeans and no shirt, and his chest was brown and muscular.†
p. 86.3
His favorite clothes are the flannel shirts and blue jeans that he has had for twenty years.†
p. 101.1
We'd had the same car, a blue Chevy, for fifteen years.†
p. 101.4
Our dog, Moody Blue, whimpered for hours on end.†
p. 125.5
I thought about a baby rabbit that our dog, Moody Blue, caught and carried around—she was not actually lunching on the rabbit, just playing.†
p. 126.2
I finally coaxed Moody Blue to drop it, and when I picked up the rabbit, its heart was beating faster than anything.†
p. 126.3
Out of the blue, I said, "Everyone has his own agenda."†
p. 128.2
Above was the high blue sky and below were the pink and purple and black rocks.†
p. 134.7
I want the daisy plate," and "Give me the blue one!†
p. 147.4
It's my turn for the blue plate.†
p. 147.4
He whispered to a plump woman in a dark blue uniform.†
p. 172.2
In my bureau were three things of hers that I had taken from her closet after she left: a red, fringed shawl; a blue sweater; and a yellow-flowered cotton dress that was always my favorite.†
p. 183.5
I could see an ambulance pulling up with its blue lights flashing, and her walking briskly to the swinging doors, with her wild hair all around her face.†
p. 207.3
She was wearing lipstick, —mascara, and a little blush on her cheeks, and her clothes were altogether unlike anything I• had ever seen her in: a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and flat black shoes.†
p. 233.1
Your momma sent us a postcard from Coeur d'Alene, and on it was a bountiful blue lake.†
p. 239.4
Gramps said, "Okay then, bountiful blue lake, here we come."†
p. 239.4
The beagle in my lap was just like our Moody Blue.†
p. 244.9
I thought about Moody Blue's litter of puppies.†
p. 244.9
For the first week, Moody Blue wouldn't let anyone come anywhere near those puppies.†
p. 245.1
Gradually, Moody Blue let us touch the puppies, but she kept her sharp eyes on us, and if we tried to take a puppy out of her sight, she growled.†
p. 245.2
Within a few weeks, the puppies were stumbling away from her, and Moody Blue spent her days herding them back, but when they were about six weeks old, Moody Blue started ignoring them.†
p. 245.3
Within a few weeks, the puppies were stumbling away from her, and Moody Blue spent her days herding them back, but when they were about six weeks old, Moody Blue started ignoring them.†
p. 245.4
I told my mother that Moody Blue was being terrible.†
p. 245.5
What if something happened to Moody Blue?†
p. 245.7
While I prayed for Gram outside the hospital, I wondered if my mother's trip to Idaho was like Moody Blue's behavior.†
p. 245.9
She told Mrs. Cadaver about the fields and the blackberries and Moody Blue and the chickens and the singing tree.†
p. 256.9

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(1) (blues as in: sings the blues)
a style of music that originated among African Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a "soulful" or melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

Blue notes are notes that are sung or played slightly lower than they would be in the major scale—especially the flattened third, fifth, and seventh degrees.
(2) (blues as in: feeling the blues)
feelings of sadness or depression
(3) (meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus)
"Blues" more commonly describes shades of the color.

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