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The Milking Apprentice by Andy Offer

It’s 4.15 am as the alarm goes off. I’m wide awake anyway, knowing I’ve got my first morning milking on...
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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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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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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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Black and White Cat
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The Black and White Cat, by Tom Milburn

There’s a certain point you get to, in middle age or thereabouts, where you start asking yourself questions about times...
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More Than A Storm, by Kennady Donovan

My mother never liked the tawdry light post that stands in the middle of our front yard. Its awkward and...
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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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Empowering On and Off the Mat, by Kennady Donovan

Throughout the entire state of Iowa, there has been a rise in popularity amongst girls participating in the sport of...
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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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An Old Classic, by Daragh Fleming

The silence in that room had a warmth to it. It was the kind of silence which could only exist...
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From The Croft in Boyne City, by Emma Tyme

June 18, 2021 – from The Croft in Boyne City, Michigan My check engine light came on last night while...
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The Sounds That Belong, by Shaurya Arya-Kanojia

You know what I intend to do today? Sit in my balcony all afternoon. Summer is formally another two weeks...
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