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Cow Calling and Small Towns

Recently I went to the alumni banquet of Canaseraga Central School, the high school I, my father, and my grandfather...
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Weddinged

It’s the price one pays for having friends.  This year I got weddinged. It happens to many people: you hit...
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Larry, the Sh– Duck

I can’t remember exactly how he had gotten here, which may be a testament to how long he was a...
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squirrel tails and a childhood
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That Which Was Marked by Squirrel Tails

It was the usual rite of a rural upbringing, and time had come for my father and I to take...
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figuring out how to gym is hard
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The Afternoon Crowd

We’re laying on the couch, watching Netflix.  My girlfriend rests her hand on my belly.  I shift on my side,...
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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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Milkman Tribute

When my cousin Jade was born with pretty red locks to brunette parents the first question asked was regarding the...
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The Boy in the Handcuffs and Other Things We Did

The Steuben County Fair marked both the end of summer and a chance for farm kids in our area to...
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The Tight Shorts Conundrum

I held the phone in one hand on the table and with the other propped up my forehead.  Even though...
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farming on the north pole
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The North Pole Conspiracy

In an age of alternative facts, spin doctors and stilted media outlets, it is up to the individual to question...
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Waterworld is here
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A New Notion on the Ocean

A dodgy-looking drifter in a visor hat gives Kevin Costner a tiny lime tree and insists “This one is for...
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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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