Farm Tales

Fragments from the past, with no particular message or epiphany

Horse Drawn Sickle Mower

A Trip to Amish Country

Down a wooded slope, across a stream, and back up into a shining memory

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How I Know Pigs Think

How I Know Pigs Think

Sure ... scholarly studies of porcine intelligence abound. But I have direct evidence - and no doubt.

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Picture of the author with a young skunk drinking from a doll's baby bottle

A Boy and His Skunk

Yes, that's me, age 14. No, that's not a kitten or even a puppy. That's a skunk.

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