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Maryland Bluegrass at the Apple Cider Press
Just south of the Mason Dixon Line, and roughly 9 minutes away from Pennsylvania’s Waynesboro and off of Maryland’s Smithsburg Pike, sits an old apple cider press. Rustic and solitary, the place surely hasn’t seen an apple pressing for many years, but it doesn’t have to—it’s been imbued with new life.
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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Tax Time
Sang to the well known tune after the jump.
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‘Twas The Night Before Printing
An original poem inspired by ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore.
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Story: Landfall
A little bit of a story which I’m reserving rights to. Continues from here:
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A Poem “The Cricket”
In honor of Edgar Allen Poe (and his poem The Raven) and in memory of the crickets that like to appear in my home every year (a moment of silence for them, please), around this time:
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Rant On Lawn
Mowing the lawn in the heat is awful, more so when the humidity feels like you’re walking through a storm but without the benefit of rain. Mowing the lawn after several days of rain is obnoxious: not only is the grass ridiculously heavy so that your machine keeps stalling, but your feet get a nasty,…
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Sy’s Poems
Yesterday’s post consisted of things that Sy banged out without much more than five minutes of thought. Essentially, they were creative outlets for his random insanity. I also wanted to post some of his endeavors which he did take time to think about, and even wrote a second (neater) draft to get it right. What…
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Sy’s Essays
Every now and then my Son does something that gets him in trouble, usually on account of him being insanely hyperactive while being on the verge of a migraine. At these times I try to find a way to both calm him down and redirect his energies. Usually this consists of me telling him to…
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Laws of E-Debate
Many years ago, so the story goes, Newton was bopped on the head by a falling apple and immediately came up with several Laws of Physics. Years later, Einstein was bopped in the head with Time and came up with the Law of Relativity. On the Internet forum I participate in, I have been verbally…
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I’m An Addict :-(
I have a problem. An addiction, even. It started off slow, tentatively with slight trepidation, and then it became a habit. It was so easy to get into and since everybody is doing it, it just felt right. I’m an emoticon addict and I’m trying to quit.