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Calla's Corner

Remembering The Old Farmer’s Almanac

by Calla Jones Corner

Dec 09, 2023
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Source: Ben Franklin

Growing up in Weston, Connecticut, I remember well a little pamphlet that hung over the shelf in the garden shed. It had a string through a hole in the upper left-hand corner that was attached to a nail. The pamphlet was well-worn and covered with my father’s dirty fingerprints as he often consulted it. A new one replaced the old one…

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