Archive for Humor
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Chocolate – the Essence of February
By Eloise Graham Valentine’s Day is a chocolate lover’s dream. All of those red heart shaped boxes full of chocolate goodies, or all of those large chocolate hearts, or chocolate covered strawberries, or chocolate wines and cocktails. It is chocolate overload. Some history on chocolate :...
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The Hogs Are Out
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms The house was painted. The trees were trimmed. The lawn was immaculate. My mother’s hard work over the last year to prepare our farm for my sister’s wedding reception had paid off. The result of her saving flower seeds and planting bulbs was si...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Kari Smith The Joys of Winter Winter is one of those seasons that most people love or hate. I am one of those people that like winter. I love snow. I do not love freezing rain. I do not like bone chilling wind. This year when the first snowflakes started falling, we had great joy in our ho...
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December Fun Facts
Christmas Pig or Boar Do you know the real tradition is to have a boar(pig) for Christmas and not a Goose or Turkey? This dates way back to the Norse folklore where boar was served in Valhalla, the mythical hall where Odin received the souls of heroes who had fallen in battle. Having a Christmas ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Zat you Santa Claus? “You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why…” Is it just me, or have we all spent a lifetime avoiding the naughty list. For well over a half century, I have somehow greeted the month of December teetering on the ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Let’s Rewrite Thanksgiving... The scene: Pilgrims dressed in their traditional black and white garb contrasting against friendly Native Americans attired in colorful feathers, beads and sporting pre-modern avant-garde hairstyles sitting around massive picnic tables in a serene fore...
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Touchdown Chickadee
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms It was a cool, clear, and crisp Sunday morning. Everything was going well at the Cinnamon Ridge Dairy barn. Cows were milked and turned out. Quick Rick, a Sunday employee of Cinnamon Ridge, was on cloud nine after his great performance last night o...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones A Haunting Challenge for October... Since it’s October and Halloween is fast approaching, spook stuff is in order. But first here is a little background on the whole Halloween phenomenon. What do I mean by “phenomenon”? All Saints or All Hallow Eve sprang up as a religious holi...
