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    Around the Farm: A Typical Winter Day
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • 12 hours ago
    • 7 min

    Around the Farm: A Typical Winter Day

    By Kim Carr: This weekend started out with me doing farm chores in zero-degree weather—brrrr. Having sunshine helps. It gives an illusion...
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    Around the Farm: Modern-Day Pterodactyl
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jan 29
    • 4 min

    Around the Farm: Modern-Day Pterodactyl

    By Kim Carr: Back when I was in college (1982–1986), I worked at the University farm during the school year caring for the horses, cleani...
    83 views1 comment
    Around the Farm: Currently Rethinking My Life Choices
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Dec 30, 2020
    • 5 min

    Around the Farm: Currently Rethinking My Life Choices

    By Kim Carr: Awakened from a sound sleep by the dogs (Lucy, then joined by Marilyn) who were going crazy right outside my bedroom window,...
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    Tater Tot: The Gift That Keeps Giving
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Tater Tot: The Gift That Keeps Giving

    By Jillian McWhirter: Have you ever had a gift that keeps giving? Those are the gifts that mean the most to us. And guess what? Most of t...
    118 views3 comments
    Around the Farm: A Summer of Isolation
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Oct 27, 2020
    • 9 min

    Around the Farm: A Summer of Isolation

    By Kim Carr: As a child, I set my eye on becoming a farmer at the age of ten. However, in the grand scheme of things, my big objective wa...
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    Around the Farm—Home Sweet Home
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Around the Farm—Home Sweet Home

    By Kim Carr: Some of the things that make me happy: Green grass. Especially in August. Extra Happy. I love all colors, but I think green ...
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    Princess
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jul 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Princess

    By Jillian McWhirter: Our dear, sweet Princess, our gentle giant, our Great Pyrenees. She was physically with us for almost 12 years, and...
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    Beyond the Farm Gates: A Journey of 5000 Miles (Part 4)
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • May 11, 2020
    • 7 min

    Beyond the Farm Gates: A Journey of 5000 Miles (Part 4)

    By Kim Carr: Click here to start at the beginning of Kim Carr's "Beyond the Farm Gates" series. By the time my friend Barb and I pulled b...
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    Beyond the Farm Gates: A Journey of 5000 Miles (Part 3)
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Apr 9, 2020
    • 11 min

    Beyond the Farm Gates: A Journey of 5000 Miles (Part 3)

    By Kim Carr: Why not start from the very beginning? Read the first installments of Kim Carr's Beyond the Farm series here. As my friend B...
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    Around the Farm: Birth of a New Baby
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Mar 9, 2020
    • 7 min

    Around the Farm: Birth of a New Baby

    By Kim Carr: During the winter, I feed a little less than 1/2 scoop of grain per head to my cows so that they will all come up at one tim...
    23 views2 comments
    The Pony
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jan 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Pony

    By Roger Desmarais: There is a lovely wisdom contained in old phrases about life created by the elderly who have lived much of their live...
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Beyond the Farm Gates: A Journey of 5000 Miles (Part 2)
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jan 7, 2020
    • 9 min

    Beyond the Farm Gates: A Journey of 5000 Miles (Part 2)

    By Kim Carr: Catch up with Part 1 of the series here! I was on my third full day of vacation when my friend Barb and I packed a cooler wi...
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    Beyond the Farm Gates: A Journey of 5,000 Miles (Part 1)
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Nov 8, 2019
    • 6 min

    Beyond the Farm Gates: A Journey of 5,000 Miles (Part 1)

    By Kim Carr: For a Mid-Missouri farm girl, it’s hard to believe that this time last week, I was trying to catch my breath as I attempted ...
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    Once Bitten
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 6 min

    Once Bitten

    By Tim Murphy: Last week, my buddy Al and I were talking about the prejudices that we learned growing up. I grew up on the South side of ...
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    Around the Farm: Meeting the Hens
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Sep 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Around the Farm: Meeting the Hens

    By Kim Carr: This morning’s meeting of the hens was called to order at 6:45 a.m. All the New Hampshire hens from the yard gang were prese...
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    Around the Farm: Stubborn as a Mule
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Aug 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    Around the Farm: Stubborn as a Mule

    By Kim Carr: Having grown up in St. Louis, it was a real treat for my brother and I when our mother dropped us off at our grandparents th...
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    Around the Farm: Mamma Duck
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jul 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    Around the Farm: Mamma Duck

    By Kim Carr: Hello, Kim Carr here . . . Just a little intro, I am a small farmer, photographer, and published author. Having been raised ...
    104 views1 comment
    Making the World a Better Place: Kim Carr
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Jul 16, 2019
    • 8 min

    Making the World a Better Place: Kim Carr

    By Elizabeth Gracen: Sometimes you just get lucky—even when it's a hotter-than-the-hinges-of-hell type of day and you're strolling throug...
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    Making the World a Better Place: Meet Jessie Kersh
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Feb 10, 2019
    • 8 min

    Making the World a Better Place: Meet Jessie Kersh

    by Elizabeth Gracen: Welcome to the first in a series of informative articles that feature everyday people doing amazing things to make t...
    203 views0 comments
    Pet Emergency Preparedness
    FLAPPER PRESS
    • Dec 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    Pet Emergency Preparedness

    Let us consider our beloved pets and animals. What do you need to know about preparing for the unexpected when it comes to these prized m...
    6 views0 comments
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