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When Dawn Breaks Us, by Dana VanderLugt

April 21. 4:37 a.m. The moon shines. Stars signal a clear sky. No clouds to provide a barrier to the...
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Cropduster, by Mark Jones

I spent the next few days kind of mulling about. Trucks came for bales around noon, but I learned to...
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farm dog
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In Praise of Farm Dogs by Tom Milburn

Like just about everyone else in my suburban neighbourhood, I have a dog. Three times a day, I walk this...
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Fruit on table
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Ferment by Hiram Larew

What if fruit got left out too long …….for love of course but better? And what if cabbage was put...
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Home Alone by John Gerard Fagan

Wee Agnes squeezed into an empty seat near the front and her glasses steamed up. The stale scent of the...
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dog statue
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Back as Far as They Can Go By Steve Passey

You need to pick up a few things, she told James. I am too tired, he said. Can’t it wait...
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Crow
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Two Poems by Jonathan Humble

Masterclass The shed was an apex all-wood home-built construction, erected that furnace of a summer when we burnt in the...
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Regarding Memory, by Jon Fisher

“Memory is non-linear by default!” I scrawled this on the back of a grocery receipt in April of this strange...
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Mouse in house
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This Day by Deb Stark

We have a mouse in the house this morning. It found the bread I’d left out to thaw for the...
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Scottish Coalmine that's all work
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It’s All Work by Ross Crawford

Oral History Project Name: Memories of Life and Work in Central Scotland Interview Status: Restricted Name of Interviewee: Murdoch [Redacted]...
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Refugees Dancing
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We Couldn’t Sing, We Couldn’t Dance by Ari Honarvar

The happiest moment of my life occurred on the day I held in my hands the golden ticket, the winning...
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old school teacher
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The Swift Pinch of Justice by Stephen Bishop

Sometimes I feel like I’m a member of the last well-mannered generation—that is, the last generation to know swift discipline....
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