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Farm work is one of the best jobs for getting to know people as they really are. The…
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I once worked in a school where the librarian arranged the non-fiction by the color of the spine. It made…
August 1914 What in our lives is burnt In the fire of this? The heart’s dear granary? The much we…
Did you have times like these in your life? Times that you look back on with a sense of loss…
In Ivor Gurney's nightmarish vision, the dead among the living bear dire warnings and mockery. Ballad of the Three Spectres…
If you're thinking about branding and how to market your school (and who isn't these days?) then it's good to…
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Some culinary disasters can be repurposed. Here is Glen Baxter on polenta: And then there are times when you just…
Russian - American Romance In my land and yours they do hit the hay and sleep the whole night in…
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Home no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when…