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December 5 “Dirty story…pig fell in the mud”

My parents were a mix of city folk and country folk. Dad grew up in Zion, just north of Chicago, and Mom on a Wataga farm near Galesburg (She had a 4-H scholorship for U of I, where they met). I got the best of both worlds, spending time in the summer, and during someContinue reading “December 5 “Dirty story…pig fell in the mud””

November 9 “Some Pig” – E.B. White

I remember being told once about a man who drove up to a farm, and saw a three-legged pig run across the yard by the barn. The man asked the farmer about the pig. “That’s my lucky pig” said the farmer. “Once, the barn started on fire, and the pig woke me up so IContinue reading “November 9 “Some Pig” – E.B. White”