The Cattle Yard
Dad liked building sturdy structures out of wood. He got as much satisfaction making in-built bookcases to house his many books as he did reading them. He’d make bookcases that went from the ceiling...
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Subterranean Water Pipe Blues
Bob Dylan fans will tell me that I’m ripping off the title to ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’. A pipe dream to suggest that my water pipe woes have anything in common with Dylan’s 1965 song,...
Numero Uno: Pt. 2
I sit on the downed tree and watch the black steers slip on the creek bottom. They are all bred beef, beef hide, beef hocks. They are a human product like rayon. They are...
Hay, Hay, Hay
In the course of the last few years, those sniffing around for a lifestyle block have discovered the Fairlie district big time. And they in turn have attracted agricultural contractors who cater to their...
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