When it comes to telling funny stories on a stage, the circumstances have more to do with the success than anything you say or do. I imagine the same is true of installing shower units.
Robert Skoglund
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The humble Farmer: ‘Have you lived here all your life?’ ‘Not yet.’
Whether you were born in Maine or you’re ‘from away,’ don’t try to imitate the way someone raised somewhere else talks.
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The humble Farmer: Consider the canny crow, a regular visitor to my apple orchard
Because several of them live within calling distance in the woods behind my back pasture, I’ve had an opportunity to study crows up close and personal.
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The humble Farmer: Looking back on suspenseful tales of time and loss
If enough years go by, an old Maine man can learn to like country music or find the hearing aid that cost as much as he earned in the Coast Guard.
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The humble Farmer: Holy mackerel, now I know how to boil the fish
That was the peak of my week. The low point? Well, you’ll have to ask my spouse.
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The humble Farmer: I’d know that face anywhere
I’m that guy who writes names under ancient group photos – and who uses real names when writing about my friends and family.
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The humble Farmer: You know what they say. God helps those who …
Our new aide has energy enough to meet even The Almost Perfect Woman’s household standards.
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The humble Farmer: How to have a wild day without even getting out of your own dooryard
I am not the man I once was – but you try telling my wife that.
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The humble Farmer: Storm of the century feeds crop of memories
I’ve enjoyed all the blizzards of the past 20 years – because I was in Florida looking at pictures that my friends had sent me.
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The humble Farmer: The slide rule, the pocket calculator and Chat GPT
Soon will come a day when you’ll meet a brilliant conversationalist at a party and have no idea that you’re talking to an implanted computer chip.