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My Uncle’s Farm I recollect particulars by the dozen, But...
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Neil knew he should be the one to start the neighbour’s combining this year. At seventy-nine, his father’s...
As the sun began to top the trees, you could tell today would be another scorcher. One of...
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Circa 1900 Waldo sharpened the blades of his turn-of-the-last-century sled and slid Downhill at age eighty-four. His wife...
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