the humble farmer

By Robert Karl Skoglund

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• Happy Birthday humble

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Jan 19
  On Friday, Jan. 18, I have every intention of turning 77 years old. As 76 was different from 75, I can expect 77 to be different from 76. At 75 I ...
  

• The best cities for raising a family

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Jan 02
  "The Best Cities For Raising A Family” is what the headline said. Below that we read that Grand Rapids doesn’t boast a lot of affluence with an ...
  

• humble farmer

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Dec 25
  A former football player for the University of Maine has made headlines for shooting two people. Ever wonder how TV wrestlers or football players ...
  
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  A typical Maine Thanksgiving

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Nov 22
  It’s a bitter 71 degrees here in the solar radiant-heated cellar/office at 8 a.m. this cold November morning, but put on a heavy coat, sit here by ...
  
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  Riding the rails

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Nov 09
  Did you read in the paper that Freeport and Brunswick are getting their “long-awaited” passenger rail service to Boston? I couldn’t believe they’d ...
  

• Deleting bookmarks for dummies

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Jan 11
  Just to put off doing anything productive this morning, I thought I'd delete the dozens of off-screen bookmarks that I've accumulated over the ...
  

• The humble Farmer

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Dec 26
  You might have already heard this from a man and a woman who were touted on television as “experts in the field.” Did you know that when going out ...
  

• Keeping up with the Joneses

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Dec 21
  Everyone knows that the whole thing started years ago when Dick Jones, overcome by the spirit of Christmas, tied a festoon of holly around the ...
  

• The open window or Bertie, why do you bound?

  By Robert Karl Skoglund - Nov 16
  When I was a little kid I can remember hearing my father say, “Vas you dere, Sharlie?’ Now I know that he’d heard this on Jack Pearl’s radio show ...