Rural Delivery
Essays on the rural experience.
by Michael Hofferber
Trade paperback, 142 pages.
Outrider Books, 2006.
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Michael Hofferber
Contents
Chapter 1: Country Living
In the Morning
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Born to be Rural
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If You Live in the Country, Wave
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The Tree Swing –
Skipping Stones
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Out of Line
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Country Hardball – Reading the News Backwards –
Sunday Drive
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New Neighbors
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Pardon My Language, It's My Boots Talkin'
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View From The Trees
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Where Oliver Found His Place
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Incidents in a Small Town
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Ground Truthing Crop Circles
~ A Fist Full of Memories
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Out Walking
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Listen
~ Harvest Moon Eclipse
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Barn Dance
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Silent Sentinel of Crop Protection
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In the Quiet
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If It's Thursday Night, It's Bullseyes
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Winter Lights
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Midwinter Delusions
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Gone Fishing – A Winter's Sleep
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Family Values
Chapter 2: Animals
Uninvited Guests
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Stay at Home Geese
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Peril of Life With Pets – A Man and His Dog
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We've Flown the Coop
– Playing Ball
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Canine Alter Ego
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Bird Wars
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Beware of Bambi
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Strays
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Night Life
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Harnessing an Instinct
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Rare Breeds
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Country Music
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Roadkill
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Livestock Getaways –
The Animals Within
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A Wing and a Prayer
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Not Far Removed
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Cow
Tipping
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Where Did Dogs Come From?
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A Bite Most Deadly
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Small Souls
Chapter 3: Weather
Windbreak
-- Passing Clouds -- Keeping a Tornado Watch -- In the Hailstreak
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A Change in the Weather
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Man in the Moon
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The Dog Days of Summer
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Signs of the Weather
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Weather Modification
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Lightning Strikes
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Equinox
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Some Summer Days
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Cold Hardening
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The Sun Stands Still
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Dark of Winter
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What the Snow Reveals
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A Chance of Showers
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Rhymes With Weather
Chapter 4: Tools
In Praise of Older Trucks
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Confessions of a Latter-Day Luddite
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On the Block
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Old Iron Disease
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Witching
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What Logs to Burn
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Pushing Progress
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Good Fences, Bad Neighbors
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Privy to History
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For The Love of Tractors
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Real Cowboy Hats
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Solar Reflections
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Hitched to History
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Scanning for News
Chapter 5: Growth
Full Bloom
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Harvest Song
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No Mere Coincidence
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Parasites
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Give Eggs a Break
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The Natural
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The Northern Spy and Other Edible Antiques
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Know Your Oats
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Yellow and Ripe with Autumn
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The Gardener’s Redemption
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Sacrificial Cells
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Raspberry Rhapsody
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Blossoms
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Touching Discovery
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Grandpa's Seed
Chapter 6: Self-Reliance
Rural Economics
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Campgrounds of the Dispossessed
– Sweet Spot
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The World in Hattie's Jars
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Who’s Whistling?
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Against All Odds
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Hippie Hoedads
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Quondam Mechanics
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Ascent of Man
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Signs of Trouble
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To Market, To Market
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"
So God Made A Farmer"
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A Place of Our Own
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Folks
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Christmas Letter
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October Leaves
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How to Make a Jack-o-Lantern
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Boundary Art
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The Stories We Tell
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Our Place
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Moving Away
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A Carol's Tale
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The Porch
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Home for the Holidays
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Final Harvest
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