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T-Models and buckboards

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In the late 1950’s there was a time when business slowed down quite a bit for McDonough Power Equipment Company (later Snapper). Demand for lawn mowers was steady, but the… Read more »

End of an era

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Well, another one bites the dust … sigh. I got a message from the Atlanta Journal Constitution that said I would no longer be getting an actual paper any day… Read more »

Berea

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It’s a Sunday morning. I have just driven about 60 miles through the Georgia countryside. Tired barbed wire fences defining the boundaries for small herds of cows slowly making their… Read more »

Establishing a farmers market

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With a growing number of small farms and local entrepreneurs, Susan Howington and I decided it would be good to establish a farmers market, a place where consumers could meet… Read more »

A new pocketknife

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I am in Tennessee looking at knives in a store the size of a major league ballpark. Three stories: a little bit of camo and hunting gear; one counter for… Read more »