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The Folks Go Abroad

My parents packed their bags and came to visit me on what they termed their “once in a lifetime trip.” ...
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10 farm novels for reading
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10 Farm Novels for Winter Reading

Ryan Dennis is the author of The Beasts They Turned Away, a novel set on an Irish dairy farm. He shares...
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A Quick and Overly-Simple Explanation of Global Agricultural Politics

The world is smaller than it was several generations ago.  It is often said that if a butterfly flaps its...
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Snowpocalypse Ireland

“Don’t worry,” I told my girlfriend.  “There are a lot eighteen year-olds that live around us.  They’ll get eaten first.”...
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The Cubs and Grandma

As I write this (2017), the LA Dodgers have just beaten the Chicago Cubs in the National League Conference Series. ...
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Things get crazy in Yacht World
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Walking Among the Owned

One yacht owner flew in a tiger so his guests could take selfies with it.  Another got bored and ordered...
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the home farm
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The Digital Harvest

                                                                                                By Ryan Dennis My housemate brought home a virtual reality headset.  Being somewhat behind the times, I still thought...
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Wind Watching

Last year Ireland braced for Hurricane Ophelia, a rare storm to hit the island.  It was expected to be the...
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Climbing

Sometimes the only way to know what the younger generation is into is to do what they do.
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We are Huddersfield
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We Are Huddersfield

My Irish housemates, Kieran and Tommy, were sick of me trying to explain American sports to them.  In retaliation, they...
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grounded in the past
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Grounded in the Past

Dragging our moldboard plow through the fields in the spring always tended to turn up more than just the soil. ...
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Galway Softball
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Diamond-shaped Redemption

In the 1950s if you were an American abroad you were a big deal. If the old movies are to be...
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