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An Unholy Alliance #5 (2.2) by Julie Lynn Hayes

“Morning, Char! Feeling better? Come sit down by the fire. I’m making us some breakfast. I’ll be done here in just a second.”

Again with the familiarity?  I didn’t know whether I was mad about that or just irritated because he talked so damn much. Being on my own, I wasn’t used to early morning conversations. But I bit my tongue rather than let him know he’d managed to annoy me. Oh well, I wouldn’t have to endure him for much longer, now that I had shaken off my torpor of the night before. Couldn’t hurt to eat a little something before I took my leave, could it?  Although there was the nagging question of what to do

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The Garret Farm: Part 1 by J Ray Lamb

The Garret Farm was just under 2100 acres of flat grassland in west central Illinois. It was one of the larger operations in the area. It had started as a five acre gift to Garrets several generations previous. Each boom bust cycle brought opportunities to expand the family holdings.

By the early 1950s, they were just over 400 acres that were disjointed with a few 40 acre stands that were not connected to the main holdings.

The Farm Crisis of the 1980s saw a massive expansion of the family operations as they were able to buy out neighbors

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