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  • My Life on the Farm

    My Life on the Farm

    I recently returned from a five week stint as a farm hand. Located just outside of Dauphin, Manitoba, it’s one of those towns where everybody knows everybody. It’s also a farming community. The main purpose of my visit was to work on my uncle’s farm and maybe to learn about farming, which just so happens…

  • The Thanksgiving Day… Chicken?

    I never thought that I’d kill a chicken. Sure, my Dad had talked about his days growing up on a farm: lopping the heads off and watching them run around the yard. These days, however, the chickens don’t run around because they’ll bruise their bodies! But kill a chicken I did, with an axe. It…

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