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The Win-win
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
Honorable mention: Sharon Sweda, Huron, Ohio Jacob slumped as Katherine cleared the table around him. Sensing he’d skip choir rehearsal, she chose to pray, rather than argue. The foreclosure notice had changed everything at the farm and Jacob became more withdrawn as the deadline approached. “Where’s ...1 day ago -
The gift of remembrance
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Authority: 445
Winner: Alejandro Villalva, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army Reserve, 42, San Antonio, TX Richard sat silently, transfixed, his entire attention riveted to the photo that he found in the illustrated book of the Vietnam War which his grandson had just given him as a Christmas gift. The photo was a hauntingly brutal ...1 day ago -
Uncle Leonard
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
Third place: Maryann Lepovsky, 65, of Lucinda, Pa. All the lights were out in town except for the bright orange Rexall sign on the corner drugstore. The soft snow as falling onto the frozen ground covering the grass and trees with a layer of fine angel hair. The date was Dec. 23, 1966. The peace and tranquility on ...1 day ago -
The Stocking Surprise
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
Second place: Mark Llewellyn, of New Castle, Pa. Doreen had stitched Christmas stockings for each of her grandchildren, and her first great grandchild was to be born near Christmas. This seemed a great gift and the continuation of a well-loved tradition, a perfect gift for a perfect child. The child was to be a ...1 day ago -
2009 Adult writing contest and youth art winners
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
The holidays have a special meaning to all of us. It could be the sights and sounds of the children sled riding down the hill behind the farm house or the late nights making holiday treats in the kitchen. Or it could be the traditions we have in our families that we celebrate every year. For others, its the one time ...1 day ago -
2009 Adult writing contest and youth art winners
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
The holidays have a special meaning to all of us. It could be the sights and sounds of the children sled riding down the hill behind the farm house or the late nights making holiday treats in the kitchen. Or it could be the traditions we have in our families that we celebrate every year. For others, its the one time ...1 day ago -
Holiday writing contest, youth division 2009
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
Christmas stories of love, wishes, lessons learned and animals filled our mailbox and inboxes in the past few weeks and we couldn’t have been happier here at the Farm and Dairy! The stories gave us the jolt we needed to get into the holiday spirit. The judges had a tough time picking the winners but we ...6 days ago -
Revenge of the… Cows?
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
Tyler Moff Berlin Center, Ohio Age:10 I was out doing chores. It was Christmas Eve. I did all my chores but I forgot one. This chore that I forgot led to a nice, hilarious Christmas-haying the cows. I went inside and got ready for bed, wondering what would be under the tree tomorrow. I was so anxious I played ...1 week ago -
Electric Santa
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
Honorable mention: Veronica Easterday, 14, of North Bloomfield Beep! Beep! Beep! Santa lazily covered his head with his pillow trying to block out the disturbing beeps of his alarm clock. Subconsciously, pushing the snooze button, he snuggled into his warm electric blanket, “Just five more minutes.” Fifteen ...1 week ago -
A Christmas Surprise
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
Abigail Langmeyer Age: 7 Cortland, Ohio There was a little girl named Jane who lived on a farm in Texas. She wanted a cat for Christmas, but her Mom and Dad said “no.” Jane said this cat will be my friend and help me with my chores. Maybe Santa will bring if to your said Mom and Dad. On Christmas morning, Jane ...1 week ago -
Christmas Wishes
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Authority: 445
Rachel Barkley Age: 11 Uhrichsville, OH Mary sighed. All she had ever wanted for Christmas previous years had been a horse. But now she had pushed wanting a horse to the back of her mind. Mary’s mother was horribly sick. She’d been sick for a very long time. Every night, Mary prayed that her mother would get ...1 week ago -
A coal camp Christmas
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Authority: 445
Second place: Alex Keck, 17, of Hanoverton, Ohio It was early December of 1933, the height of the Great Depression in the tiny Pennsylvania coal mining town of Dunbar. The rows of company houses coated with black coal dust cast a bleak silhouette against the cold gray sky. Ida was 9-years-old and she along her ...1 week ago -
A Cat’s Christmas Dream
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Authority: 445
Athena Pantelides, 10 yrs. Louisville, Ohio Snowla the cat was watching the snow fall outside of her house. Snowla’s owner spoiled her. You see Snowla’s house was a huge mansion, and Snowla’s owner had a big golden retriever. The dog’s name is Carla. Carla didn’t want to scare away cats but just the ...1 week ago -
2009 Children, Holiday art and writing contest
Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace —
Authority: 445
Christmas stories of love, wishes, lessons learned and animals filled our mailbox and inboxes in the past few weeks and we couldn’t have been happier here at the Farm and Dairy! The stories gave us the jolt we needed to get into the holiday spirit. The judges had a tough time picking the winners but we ...1 week ago -
Marie’s Christmas miracle
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Authority: 445
Eileen Gress, 16, of Shreve, Ohio It was Christmas Eve, and Marie sat in her rocking chair. She was thinking about Christmas and how her husband, Mark, wouldn’t be there to celebrate with her and her daughter. I know that they needed more troops in Iraq, but why over the holiday season? How can we celebrate ...1 week ago -
Contest Story: Last Wednesday, Part Two
A Life Less Ordinary —
Authority: 116
This is the second half of the short story I submitted to the contest back in September. Some of you wanted to read my submission. Here it is. The first part is here . I’d love to know what you think—honestly. She got in the car, pointed it north and drove. And drove and drove. It felt good to finally be ...1 week ago -
Contest Story: Last Wednesday, Part One
A Life Less Ordinary —
Authority: 116
This is the first half of the short story I submitted to the contest back in September. Some of you wanted to read my submission. Here it is. I’ll post the second half tomorrow. I’d love to know what you think—honestly. She stood in the shower, eyes closed, her right hand pressed up against the dark tile to ...1 week ago -
I Haz A Sad
A Life Less Ordinary —
Authority: 116
There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object. —John Keats In September I entered a short story in a contest for a women’s magazine. My mother had clipped the announced and given it to me earlier in the summer. The first prize was $3,000. Since Lil’ M was in camp for the summer and taking a ...1 week ago -
What was that again? Or, I did not know it then, but a Gila monster was about to come of a clear blue sky and change my life forever
Author! Author! —
Authority: 120
I passed through two different airports today, my friends — more travel on behalf of the Grumpy Relative, who continues to ail, alas — so I can state with authority that metal detectors in at least two states are cranked up farm far past normal levels of scrutiny. How do I know? Because in both airports, rows of ...2 weeks ago -
The 12 Days of Sexmas
American Goulash —
Authority: 122
Every time I visit my mother, I can’t help but notice the aging picture on her bedroom door of some random shirtless guy with a mullet. For some weird reason, she tore the photo out from one of those “Sexy Guy” Calendars and scotched taped it to her door, right next to where she used to hang my school report ...3 weeks ago
