Tag: rural
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July 11, 2009 11:44 PM EDT --
When Nancy S. and I first started talking over a year ago I never thought a friendship could grow so fast and that I could find such a wonderful person as I did her. Not sure why I thought that . . .
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April 11, 2008 09:07 PM EDT --
I had to write a letter of appreciation to someone in my life for the Personal Development class I am taking for my job as a Native Counselor. Here is a copy of the letter I wrote to my husband. It is . . .
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August 09, 2008 07:57 PM EDT --
...Arkansas style
The kids had a blast down at the pasture today. I took a bunch of photos of them climbing on the fence. This one stood out because of the odd positions of the girls - . . .
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August 17, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
Our horses have new neighbors. The pasture where Favorito lived up until this spring has been rented out to someone with mules and a horse (he's now moved to a new area up top).
Today I finally . . .
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February 11, 2009 08:25 PM EST --
Farm Pond
First stubble, then steps of chimney stone;
The water’s sweet as birch sap, warm as blood.
Cut-paper lilies, frogs sliding among
Plump lily pads that poke from soft brown mud.
Dragonfly, . . .
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October 11, 2009 02:50 PM EDT --
I never tire of the beauty that surrounds me here in lower Kittitas county. The farmers and ranchers here are busy getting ready for winter. Tractors are being driven everywhere in the rural . . .
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August 13, 2008 12:59 AM EDT --
In 2004, I moved from Boston to Arkansas. I experienced quite a bit of culture shock as I transitioned from big city life to a more rural existance. I thought I had made great strides in acclimation but . . .
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October 13, 2008 06:36 AM EDT --
TODAY IS CANADA 'S THANKSGIVING
It looks like another fine day coming up. I have walked the dog, checked the computer for Robert's mail and am . . .
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October 15, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
Autumn, with all its blazing beauty, its whispering winds and its dying leaves dramatically reminds me that time is passing. . . .
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April 18, 2009 06:26 AM EDT --
Hey Everyone,
Please wish my boys luck this morning!!! Today is the 4-H Area Horse Judging Competition.
We do not own a horse, and this is their first time going to the Horse Judging Competition. . . .
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April 18, 2009 09:29 PM EDT --
What can I say but THANK YOU! to all my Gather friends for their positive thoughts!!!!
Ohio Co Senior Horse Judging Team which includes my oldest son, qualified to go to the State Competition!! . . .
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August 24, 2009 10:05 PM EDT --
It has been one month since those little balls of fluff came into our world. Yesterday, they all moved up in the world - out of their brooder and into the chicken coop. They are almost fully feathered . . .
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April 27, 2008 04:47 PM EDT --
Once upon a time in this small town of Hancock, NH, there were two railroads. There were early morning runs to Boston, delivering fresh milk and apples from the orchards; on the way back, the compartments . . .
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December 30, 2008 12:38 PM EST --
In Houston they’re serious about FFA. My suburban niece is raising a steer, a Black Angus named Marvin. On Christmas day I begged to accompany her to the barn, an open-air shelter the size of an airplane . . .
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June 11, 2009 07:07 AM EDT --
The switch from analog television to digital does not seem to be going very well in rural areas, at least here in northwestern Pennsylvania. Although most of the local stations, with transmission . . .
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July 24, 2009 11:44 PM EDT --
The phone rang at 6:44am this morning and woke me from a sound sleep.
"Tonia?"
"Yes" I mumbled sleepily.
"Your chickens are here, and they seem lively and healthy. When will you be here to pick . . .
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May 17, 2009 10:03 PM EDT --
As a stranger entered a small country store, he noticed a sign on the door reading, "Danger! Beware of Dog!" Inside, he saw a harmless old hound asleep on the floor beside the counter.
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August 30, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
A friend sent me an email today that gives a reason why each state in America is special. I have listed that below. However, I would like to know what makes your village, town or city special to you.
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August 19, 2007 03:11 AM EDT --
I remember the afternoon was muggy and a bit hot for this season in mid May. She leaned over to whisper that the ride was longer than she thought. The bus, winding its way southwest on US Route 66 towards . . .
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March 24, 2009 10:40 AM EDT --
Hey everyone!
Just wanted to let you all know that I won't be here very much the rest of this week . . . . I need to get the farm accounting work done, so we can get our taxes done on Saturday. . . .
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