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1982
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Friday, January 1, 1982 · Don Krumpos
The Keeping of Things
We had horses my whole childhood. That was one of the facts of the farmstead, as natural to me then as the barn, the garden, the chickens, the machine shed, the old trees. Horses were not decoration. They were part…
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Friday, January 1, 1982 · Don Krumpos
The Salesmen at the Kitchen Table
Two salesmen came to our kitchen table when I was young. One sold my parents knowledge. The other sold them death. That sounds too dramatic, maybe, but that is how it arranges itself in memory now. Both visits happened early,…