[Note: I’ve neglected the Valentine Bier story for too long. When last we checked in on the family of yore, they were improving their lot at various rented farms in Rock County. The family’s next move would make all the difference: they are about to begin farming on the Rock Prairie. To discuss the significanceContinue reading “Valentine Bier: Settling in on the Rock Prairie”
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Snow Reverie
Two days ago it snowed, a light fluffy, non sticky snow, the stuff of bitter cold weather and bright clear skies. Yesterday it blew, and the crisp edges of the driveway were blurred into little duney drifts. Around town, those stretches of road with no windbreaks were heaped up with snow. It was just theContinue reading “Snow Reverie”