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New Neighbors

Posted by on 29 Aug 2009 at 2:26 pm under Country Living

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 2007. All rights reserved.

Moving to the country? You’re going to love it… maybe.
If you are anything like the thousands of folks fleeing the “rat race” of city life each year by taking up residence in some small town or rural county, then you probably have some romantic notions of country [...]

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To Market, To Market

Posted by on 25 Aug 2009 at 8:09 am under Country Living, Self-Reliance

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1994. All rights reserved.
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, dancing a jig;
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog;
Home again, home again, jiggety-jog;
To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.
~~ Mother Goose

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If You Live In The Country, Wave

Posted by on 05 Aug 2009 at 4:53 am under Country Living

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1993. All rights reserved.
You know you’re on a rural road when folks wave at you as you drive by.
I’m not talking about waving at friends or family. Nor am I referring to the kind of waving between colleagues that truck drivers share. The waves I mean are the ones thrown [...]

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