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Delivery Essays on the rural experience. by Michael Hofferber Trade paperback, 142 pages. Outrider Books, 2006.
Contents
Chapter
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Country Living
In the Morning – Born to be Rural -- If You Live in the Country, Wave -- The Tree Swing – Skipping Stones – Country Hardball – Reading the News Backwards – Sunday Drive -- New Nieghbors – Pardon My Language, It's My Boots Talkin' ~ Where Oliver Found His Place ~ Incidents in a Small Town – A Fist Full of Memories -- Out Walking -- Listen ~~ Harvest Moon Eclipse – Silent Sentinel of Crop Protection – In the Quiet – Winter Lights – Midwinter Delusions ~~ Gone Fishing – A Winter's Sleep -- Family Values Chapter 2: Animals Uninvited Guests – Peril of Life With Pets – A Man and His Dog -- We've Flown the Coop – Playing Ball -- Bird Wars -- Strays -- Night Life -- Country Music -- Roadkill -- Livestock Getaways – The Animals Within -- A Wing and a Prayer -- Not Far Removed -- Cow Tipping – A Bite Most Deadly – Small Souls Chapter
3:
Weather Chapter
4: Tools Chapter 5: Growth Full Bloom ~~ Harvest Song -- No Mere Coincidence -- Parasites -- The Natural -- Know Your Oats – The Gardener’s Redemption -- Raspberry Rhapsody -- Blossoms – Grandpa's Seed Chapter 6: Self-Reliance Rural Economics -- Campgrounds of the Dispossessed -- Who’s Whistling? -- Hippie Hoedads -- Quondam Mechanics -- To Market, To Market ~~ Folks -- October Leaves -- How to Make a Jack-o-Lantern ~~ Boundary Art -- Our Place -- Moving Away -- The Porch -- Final Harvest |
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