The Deliberate Agrarian

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Herrick Kimball's Apple Cider Essays

If you are interested in making your own apple cider, you will find a wealth of valuable information and cider inspiration in the following essays:

Cider Making 2006 (Introducing My New Whizbang Apple Crusher)

Introducing My Homemade Whizbang Apple Cider Press

Whizbang Cider Pressin' In The Kitchen

Pressing Cider in a Bucket (An Experiment)

Cider Pressin’ 2005

When Me & Ed Made Apple Cider

Making Apple Cider In The Old Days

My Vinegar & Hard Cider Experiment

My Cider Vinegar Experiment: The Remarkable Final Report
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On 11 August 2016, The Deliberate Agrarian was laid to rest. Herrick Kimball has gone to Upland.

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About The Deliberate Agrarian.

I (Herrick KImball) have been blogging here about Faith, Family & Livin' The Good Life since 2005. Browse down this column and you will discover a rich resource of contra-industrial thought, down-to-earth inspiration & useful how-to information.

CLICK HERE to view the archive of links to past Deliberate Agrarian monthly "blogazines."

My Stewardculture Magazine Interview
(Part 1)

My Stewardculture Magazine Interview<br>(Part 1)
Click The Picture For Details

Delmar Ain't So Stupid...

Delmar Ain't So Stupid...
Click on Delmar and read why I think he's the smartest of the three characters in the "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" movie

Aphorisms Of The Fathers...

Aphorisms Of The Fathers...
And The Mothers (click the picture)

My New York Times Op-Ed Article

My New York Times Op-Ed Article
The Jeffersonian Solution (click the man and read the article)

Check Out My New Whizbang Gardening Facebook Page...

Check Out My New Whizbang Gardening Facebook Page...
(click the picture to get there)

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 1

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 1
It's A Biblical Imperative
(click the picture)

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 2

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 2
We Are Not Called To Be Slaves (click the picture)

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 3

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 3
Profile of a Free Man
(click the picture)

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 4

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 4
Sage Advice For Would-Be Farmers
(click the picture)

Corporationism vs Independent Patriarchal Units

Corporationism vs Independent Patriarchal Units
Lyberty Hyde Bailey (1927)
Read it and weep.
(click the picture)

Read The Book—
Writings Of A Deliberate Agrarian

Read The Book—<br>Writings Of A Deliberate Agrarian
…Now available as a PDF download for only $4.50 (click the picture for details)

Farming 1.5 Acres...

Farming 1.5 Acres...
…And Making A Good Living. (click the picture)

Goodness, Beauty & Loving The Earth

Goodness, Beauty & Loving The Earth
A Christian-Agrarian Missive on God's Creation

Reading Agriphemera

Reading Agriphemera
We can learn a lot from the old agricultural writings (Click the picture for more details)

This Man, Now Deceased, Predicted The Economic Decline of America Back in The 1950's.

This Man, Now Deceased, Predicted The Economic Decline of America Back in The 1950's.
Click the picture to read about Professor Walter Prescott Webb's Boom Hypothesis of Modern History, and where we are headed from here

Agrarian-Style Economic Self Defense...

Agrarian-Style Economic Self Defense...
I posted this to the internet in early 2008. It is still the most practical advice you'll get for dealing with the harsh economic realities that we face now and will face even more in the years ahead. (click the picture to read the essay)

Modern Banking is An Evil System of Economic Oppression

Modern Banking is An Evil System of Economic Oppression
Click the picture for details

The Coming Pension Crisis...

The Coming Pension Crisis...
...And what you can do about it. (click the picture)

How To Get Through The Coming Hyperinflation

How To Get Through The Coming Hyperinflation
click the picture to read the 6-part series

Have You Considered Deflation?

Have You Considered Deflation?
Martin Armstrong seems pretty sure of himself (click the sign for details)

The Christian Doctrine of Work

The Christian Doctrine of Work
Something's Missing in The 10 Commandmants as it is commonly known. (click the picture)

Scott Nearing's "Horse Chow"

Scott Nearing's "Horse Chow"
A Four Part Series
(click on any of the raisins in the bowl)

Mr. Tesoro's Story

Mr. Tesoro's Story
(click the picture)

Blessed is the Man...

Blessed is the Man...
Reflections on "tax day." (click the old paper)

City Living?

City Living?
Some Thoughts on Christian-Agrarian Community (click the picture)

A Herod Nation

A Herod Nation
Is that What America Has Become? (click the picture)

How To Remember (And Teach Your Children) The 10 Commandments

How To Remember (And Teach Your Children) The 10 Commandments
click the sad bath

Light in Our Dwellings...

Light in Our Dwellings...
Christianity + Agrarianism = Hope In the midst of a dying industrial culture (click the light)

Have You Seen My Whizbang Gardening Book?

Have You Seen My Whizbang Gardening Book?
5 stars at Amazon. Click the cover to learn more.

New From Planet Whizbang...
The Old-Timer's Poultry Library

New From Planet Whizbang...<br>The Old-Timer's Poultry Library
A rare and fascinating resource for the poultry lover (click the picture for details)

Take A Short Tour Of My Garden...

Strawberries From My Garden!

Strawberries From My Garden!
Grown the "E.P. Roe Way" (click the picture to learn more)

Rural Americans: Cannon Fodder For The New World Order

Rural Americans: Cannon Fodder For The New World Order
Click on Sergeant York to read the story.

Freedom Isn't Free (And Other Propoganda)

Freedom Isn't Free (And Other Propoganda)
(click the picture)

Esther Stermer Was A Conspiracy Theorist!

Esther Stermer Was A Conspiracy Theorist!
Obviously the woman was a little crazy.… Right? (click the picture for the story)

How Free Men Become Slaves...

How Free Men Become Slaves...
A Contra-Industrial Parable From The Okefenokee Swamp (click the pigs)

I Make Classic American Clothespins

I Make Classic American Clothespins
click the clothespin and learn all about them.

Have You been to The Agrarian Foundation Article Archives?

Have You been to The Agrarian Foundation Article Archives?
(click the picture and go)

What Would an Agrarian Monetary System Look Like?

What Would an Agrarian Monetary System Look Like?
Well, for one thing, it would NOT be based on paper money. Click Andy Jackson for some details.

Thomas Jefferson's Warnings About Government Debt (Then and Now)

Thomas Jefferson's Warnings About Government Debt (Then and Now)
Read it and weep (click the president)

How Farmers Became Slaves To The Corporate Masters

How Farmers Became Slaves To The Corporate Masters
Click on the mostly forgotton 1937 book by Professor Walter Prescott Webb and learn the sad story

Why Food?

Why Food?
A Christian-Agrarian perspective (click the picture to read the essay)

The Puritan Theology of Suffering...

The Puritan Theology of Suffering...
An excellent treatise on a difficult subject. (click the picture to learn more)

A Missive On The Prosperity-Driven Life

A Missive On The Prosperity-Driven Life
"The desire to be rich, to have an abundance of possessions and money, is the keystone of our modern, neo-Babylonian culture." (click the picture for my perspective)

Prosperity Gospel/ Prosperity Idolatry

Prosperity Gospel/ Prosperity Idolatry
Click the picture to hear John Piper's powerful 2.5 minute condemnation of the modern prosperity gospel

Homo-Tyranny

Homo-Tyranny
... And Me (click the trap)

Agrarian Nation

Agrarian Nation
Another of my online projects (click the picture)

Have You Been To Planet Whizbang?

Have You Been To Planet Whizbang?
It's my deliberate agrarian home business. Click the beet and check it out.

NEW….
Whizbang Notes

NEW….<br>Whizbang Notes
These delightful little notebooks are a great down-to-earth tool. Click the beet to learn more.

Have You Seen The Planet Whizbang Wheel Hoe I Invented?

Have You Seen The Planet Whizbang Wheel Hoe I Invented?
Click The Picture For Details about the hoe and the inexpensive wheel hoe kits I sell

I Invite You To Read My Online Gardening Essays

I Invite You To Read My Online Gardening Essays
Click on that beautiful handful of sifted compost.

The Wife
Of My Youth...

The Wife<br>Of My Youth...
A Blessed Man's Reflections on Young Love (click the happy faces)

Eulogy For Evelyn

Eulogy For Evelyn
She was my mother-in-law. (click the picture)

Ken Badman's Good Example

Ken Badman's Good Example
Actions Speak Louder Than Words. (click the picture)

Backyard Sugaring

Backyard Sugaring
We make our own maple syrup. Click on the picture for complete how-to details.

Have You Seen Leo Sprauer's Handcrafted Hop Hoe?

Have You Seen Leo Sprauer's Handcrafted Hop Hoe?
Click the picture to learn more.

Learn About Whizbang Bucket Irrigation...

Learn About Whizbang Bucket Irrigation...
(click the trickle valve)

Have You Read Roe?

Have You Read Roe?
E.P. Roe, that is. Click on his picture to read some excerpts from this remarkable Christian-agrarian author of the 1800s.

Have You Been To My New Instructional Web Site?

Have You Been To My New Instructional Web Site?
It's for people who garden (click the picture)

Some Deliberate Agrarian Archives

  • Faith
  • Christian Agrarianism
  • Family
  • Livin' The Good Life
  • Economics & The Economy
  • Agriculture
  • Whizbang Apple Cider Essays
  • Rural How-To
  • Community
  • My Younger Days
  • My Older Days
  • Rural Enterprise
  • Raising & Processing Poultry
  • Everything Garlic
  • Odds & Ends

"It is not necessary to make men, foolish or serious, agree with me, no matter what the principle is. They may have different faculties."

Stark Young

Two Kinds of Men

Two Kinds of Men
There are only two kinds of men in this world. Click the picture to learn more.

They Are Not Human...

They Are Not Human...
Don't ever forget it (click the skull)

Links to my other blogs...

  • Diary of an 1892 Farmer's Wife
  • How To Butcher A Chicken
  • The Whizbang Garden Cart
  • The Whizbang Row Cover Hoop System
  • Whizbang Books Online
  • Whizbang Cider Press Plans
  • Whizbang Gardening

Agrarian Books I've Written

  • Writings of a Deliberate Agrarian
  • Whizbang Apple Cider Plan Book
  • The Whizbang Plucker Plan Book
  • The Whizbang Garden Cart Plan Book
  • The Whizbang Chicken Scalder Plan Book
  • The Complete Guide to Making Great Garlic Powder
  • A Garlic Powder Profits Report

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A Stable of Agrarian Bloggers

  • The Walden Effect
    Bristol Caverns picnic - [image: Bristol caverns] The view from a picnic table at Bristol Caverns.
    12 hours ago
  • 5 Acres & A Dream
    Brush Patrol - We have an area between the east paddock and the house that doesn't get very much attention. About this time of year it is overrun with kudzu, sapling oaks...
    1 day ago
  • Sustainable Traditions
    Five question when buying land – Question Two - Our previous installment dealt with ensuring you have a clear understanding of what you want before buying land. Now, we will consider the “where” questi...
    1 day ago
  • Rural Revolution
    One man's trash is another man's treasure - Yesterday I noticed a neighbor's driveway was covered with pine needles. This is the time of year when pines drop old needles, so roadsides and forest floo...
    1 day ago
  • The Sifford Sojournal
    Providence's Perpetuation Provisions: Turkey Surprise! - After what we believe is a Spanish black heritage female turkey just showed up on our farm one day, and after finding a local heritage turkey breeder and f...
    1 day ago
  • The Survival Gardener
    My New Office? - Sometimes I really have a hard time getting done all I wish to accomplish. Have you been there? You know those days… and weeks… and months… when you’re t...
    1 day ago
  • Cultivated for God
    Weekly Cultivation of Agrarian Info – #2 (9/22/16) - If you have never read these they are well worth the read: C.H. Spurgeon’s Farm Sermons. Yep this sounds like a good thing, NOT!!!! – Six companies are ...
    2 days ago
  • Hampton Victory Garden's Blog
    The Threads of Time - In the last few weeks, I’ve mentioned the feature I was writing on Museum L/A’s latest exhibition “Covering the Nation: The Art of the Bates Bedspread.” ...
    2 days ago
  • Country Living In a Cariboo Valley
    Homemade Pizza for a Cool Evening - The evenings and mornings are getting a lot cooler. I know it won’t be long now until the garden is completely tucked in for the winter. At that point, our...
    4 days ago
  • Nourishing Days
    Garlic & Cilantro Mexican Chicken Soup (and everything changes) - It’s been said that many of my recipes start with ¼ cup of lard. That might actually be true and now that I think about it, this recipe holds many of the h...
    5 days ago
  • ~Framboise Manor~
    fruit salad! - this is a pic from a few days ago - the past 3 days have been rainy, foggy and misty - no worries tho - the garden is loving it and we are getting a bit of...
    5 days ago
  • Glory Farm
    Pictureless Posts - I like blogs with pictures. Not that I mind reading, but the pictures add so much to the text. Well, my camera gave up the ghost about three weeks ago an...
    1 week ago
  • Thy Hand Hath Provided
    Made by Pade Winner - A big thank you to all who visited my friend Patty's Etsy shop and facebook page. Doesn't she make cute things?! *The randomly chosen winner who wins t...
    1 week ago
  • Life in the clouds
    Spring Update 2016 - This year it actually feels like spring. This is not the usual in northern Australia as we usually get a more simple variation of only two seasons. Hot and...
    1 week ago
  • Reformation Acres
    Pork Butter with Cracked Black Pepper & Rye Crackers - We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: *http://www.reformationacres.com/feed* Update your reader now with this changed subscription...
    1 week ago
  • The Contrary Farmer
    Just What We Need: Faster Tractors - GENE LOGSDON (1931 – 2016) From Our Archives June 2007 Ohio’s politicians are considering a bill that would allow giant tractors to go 40 miles per hour ...
    1 week ago
  • Truth Farmer
    Label Says Vaccine Side Effect…Autism - Most of us already know that vaccines, particularly MMR, and especially in boys, can indeed cause autism. Also, it certainly looks like the Pertussis vacci...
    1 week ago
  • North Country Farmer
    The Rural Entrepreneur Series, 1st Episode ~ Peter Bartlett - This is the first installment of “The Rural Entrepreneur Series” on Christian Farm and Homestead Radio. In this episode we The post The Rural Entrepreneu...
    1 week ago
  • National Young Farmers Coalition
    ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR IN FOOD AND FARMING - A statement from the board and staff of the National Young Farmers Coalition We at the National Young Farmers Coalition are stricken by the persistent viol...
    2 weeks ago
  • Practicing Resurrection
    Organic Prices - In May the USDA released a report on the price differences between organic and non-organic foods. The summary of the report is HERE. I find it interesting ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Home Joys
    Simple Summer Meals: Shortcuts - The past week I have needed shortcuts. I love watching jars fill with peaches, applesauce, grape juice, and tomatoes. I have wonderful helpers this year ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Building Rome, as fast as I can!
    Livestock Fencing: Hack #1 - Well it seems all the rage these days to talk about hacking things... things ranging from Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server down to a cigarette light...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Yellow Rose of Texas
    Married. - Hello there. I am writing to you no longer Tracy Bunker, but Tracy O'Neill. It was a beautiful, tiny, fantastical wedding, both a sobering and an overwhelm...
    4 weeks ago
  • Redeeming the Dirt
    Save on Conference Registration with August Special Promo Code! - As we are working on the details of the 2016 Redeeming the Dirt Conference we are getting excited! We can’t wait to see everyone and hear from Joel Salatin...
    5 weeks ago
  • Sunnybrook Farm
    The Birth Of Cultural Marxism: How The "Frankfurt School" Changed America - The Birth Of Cultural Marxism: How The "Frankfurt School" Changed America [image: Tyler Durden's picture] by Tyler Durden Aug 12, 2016 9:00 PM *Submitted ...
    1 month ago
  • TN Farmgirl
    Local and Love Pets? - Essential Oils for Fido and Felix! Bill and I love animals and we like to support their health as naturally as possible on our homestead. Would you like to...
    1 month ago
  • The Deliberate Agrarian
    Upland...Blogging AfterThe Deliberate Agrarian - Dateline: 11 August 2016 Dear Friends, After 11 years of blogging here, I have moved to Upland. Please visit when you can. Herrick Kimball
    1 month ago
  • Well WaterBoy Products
    Rainwater is Best Laundry Aid - Back when every home had a rain barrel stationed below the rainspout, our grandmothers knew rainwater was a must for washing hair. Grandma probably even kn...
    1 month ago
  • Works in Progress: A Homesteading Journey
    Where have we been?!?!?! - Yes, blogging land, it has been a while. There's been a lot of transition for us in our little homestead, and nearly a year ago, we returned to the suburba...
    1 month ago
  • Planet Whizbang Giveaway
    Giveaway #6Gardening When It Counts(three winners) - This is, without a doubt, my favorite gardening book. I'm giving away three copies of *Gardening When It Counts* to three fortunate people in this conte...
    1 month ago
  • The Southern Agrarian
    Our Precarious Agriculture System - Last month, our family held its sixty-first annual family reunion. It’s a chance to talk with a number of my cousins who have been farmers in that area all...
    2 months ago
  • Digging Into Freedom's True Meaning
    When is it Right to Die? - J.J. Hanson is an advocate for life. He gave me permission to take this picture of him and his wife as a photographer was taking their picture. Assis...
    4 months ago
  • Granny Miller
    A Mind To Homestead - “A MIND TO HOMESTEAD” is now in print. It is 104 pages and is the first volume in the series, “Old-Time Skills For A New Generation”. Written from a trad...
    5 months ago
  • Agriphemera
    The Old-Timer'sPoultry Library - *New From Planet Whizbang * *& Herrick Kimball...* *35 choice volumes from America's golden era of poultry popularity, converted to pdf files, and compile...
    8 months ago
  • Thoughts from Frank and Fern
    Fare Well, from Frank & Fern - We have reached a major milestone on the blog. Since we began writing here on May 30, 2013, we have had 1,000,000 pageviews. Yes, one million, because an u...
    8 months ago
  • The Homestead Experiment
    Storing Food and Possibly the Coolest Thing Ever! - Food storage is imperative on a homestead. You might think that goes without saying. While I can freeze quite a bit, it is not sustainable...meaning if t...
    8 months ago
  • Pastoral Symphony Farm
    A Cloth Diaper Odyssey - Swaddlebees Organic Fitted Diapers I have been cloth diapering little bottoms since 1993 when my first daughter was born. Back then you didn't have ...
    10 months ago
  • Florida Survival Gardening
    Here's how to subscribe via e-mail at the new site! - Hi, Florida Survival Gardening subscribers! Many of you asked if it was possible to continue receiving my posts on a daily basis since I switched over to a...
    1 year ago
  • :: foutfolk ::
    brand new summer . . .brand new driver - Yikes! Summer is already in full swing. Spring came quickly this year, and it seems the older l get, the faster the seasons go. This spring, Lady had anoth...
    1 year ago
  • Hickery Holler Farm
    Plagues - Been busy canning here in the holler! Lots of cucumbers, squash and zucchini. Twenty jars of green beans about a dozen quarts of squash canned. Made a ga...
    1 year ago
  • On Big Turtle Creek
    Rabbit and Kraut - David asked for a rabbit dish with sauerkraut. I didn’t have a particular recipe, so I looked over my cookbook library and pulled a Russian/German/Polish...
    1 year ago
  • Pastured Providence Farmstead
    DIY – Rendering Lard - Despite the crazy looks we get sometimes, we remain committed to the concept of using the entire animal after its life on earth comes to an end. Call it se...
    1 year ago
  • The Midland Agrarian
    Goodbye Granny Miller - If this weblog were one of my sheep or cows, it would have starved from neglect! I have been meaning to post about a couple of things, but real life somet...
    1 year ago
  • ND Homekeeper
    Spring Has Finally Sprung - David brought me crab apple tree blossoms and lilacs. Now that spring is finally here, summer can't be too far away!
    3 years ago
  • Rocky Oak Homestead™
    It is official - The garden has been closed this season....This was my first year with heirlooms and I was impressed with how well they did inspite of the extreme heat we h...
    5 years ago
  • Sugar Mountain Farm
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  • The Homestead Daily
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  • The Brilliant Homestead - Great Homesteading Ideas for a DIY Life
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I Invented Granola Bars....

I Invented Granola Bars....
...And I Can Prove It
(click on the bar)

Get The Peppermint Zing!

Get The Peppermint Zing!
A sinus sauna how-to
(click photo for details)

Yeoman Furniture & My New Wood Box

Yeoman Furniture & My New Wood Box
Yeomen don't buy furniture.
They make their own. (click the picture)

Yeoman Furniture
(Part 2)

Yeoman Furniture<br> (Part 2)
Waste Not, Want Not (click the picture for the story)

My Amazing Whizbang Apple Grinder

My Amazing Whizbang Apple Grinder
You can make awesome apple mash, ready for pressing, in no time with this homemade device. Click on the picture to learn more

We Make Apple Cider

We Make Apple Cider
You can too
(click on the picture to learn how)

Twelve Years Old Today

Twelve Years Old Today
He's actually 21 now, but my prayer is the same

This is William Kimball
(Him An Me Is Kin)

This is William Kimball<br>(Him An Me Is Kin)
Click on the picture for William's Story

Homegrown Poultry

Homegrown Poultry
Click on the picture and I'll show you how to butcher a chicken

The Lovely Marlene With A Homemade Whizbang Garden Cart

The Lovely Marlene With A Homemade Whizbang Garden Cart
Anyone can make a Whizbang Garden Cart. Click on the picture to learn how.

My Whizbang Row Cover Hoop System

My Whizbang Row Cover Hoop System
Finally Online as of 1/29/10
(click the pic)

Have You Seen Jax Hamlin's Chickens?

Have You Seen Jax Hamlin's Chickens?
Click The Chicken!

This Blog Promotes Personal Responsibility And Traditional Concepts of American Liberty

This Blog Promotes Personal Responsibility And Traditional Concepts of American Liberty
—:::—
"If a community, or a section, or a race, or an age, is groaning under industrialism, and well aware that it is an evil dispensation, it must find a way to throw it off. To think that this cannot be done is pusillanimous. And if the whole community, section, race, or age thinks it cannot be done, then... it has doomed itself to impotence."
—Twelve Southerners
—:::—

The Christian-Agrarian Exodus of 1620

The Christian-Agrarian Exodus of 1620
The Pligrims did NOT come to America for religious freedom.
(click the picture)

Vacuum Bottle Thermos Cooking

Vacuum Bottle Thermos Cooking
Learn how to prepare and cook simple, inexpensive, wholesome meals (click the thermos bottle to read)

The Sermon I'll Never Forget

The Sermon I'll Never Forget
Pastor West was at Iwo Jima
(click Mt. Suribachi)

Planting Potatoes With A Little Girl

Planting Potatoes With A Little Girl
"I must admit that four year old girls were once something like aliens to me." (click the pic)

Boys Will Be…. Warriors

Boys Will Be…. Warriors
Swinging homemade maces at each other can be great fun!
(click the warriors)

Benny's Grandfather Was A Ditch Digger

Benny's Grandfather Was A Ditch Digger
And He Grew Tomatoes
(click the Big Boy)

Backyard Poultry Processing With My 11-Year-Old Son

Backyard Poultry Processing With My 11-Year-Old Son
If he can do it, so can you.
(click on the smiley face)

Another Summer Evening's Meal

Another Summer Evening's Meal
This is the kind of food we dream about in the depths of winter.
(click on the picture)

Pickled Garlic Scapes

Pickled Garlic Scapes
Click on the silly boy's nose for a pickled scape tutorial

"Every Bean's A Blessing, Boys"

"Every Bean's A Blessing, Boys"
Dried beans present an opportunity to teach important things to my children (click the beans)

Hay Hooks

Hay Hooks
I bought my sons hay hooks, and they have gotten a lot of use since I wrote this essay

When Me & Ed Made Apple Cider

When Me & Ed Made Apple Cider
The Year Was 1976
(click the old press)

The Fun, Fast Way To Skin A Deer

The Fun, Fast Way To Skin A Deer
Seeing is believing



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