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Listen along now to the Pickle Shelf Radio Hour, episode 5: “Bigos, Big Does and Hunting While Black.“
Nature as a nurturing mother is a tired metaphor. But if you peel away the bucolic, romanticized layer on the surface, you’ll find out that there’s a price to be paid every time we demand that nurturing. Like putting expenses we can’t really afford on our credit cards, we often don’t want to see that price charged to our account. But there are rewards for living within your means.
We’ll go ahead and say it this has been a rough February. Between extreme winter weather, continued social distancing, and the day-to-day trials and tribulations of life during a pandemic, we could all use a break. Since many of us are stuck exploring the Great Indoors, we thought now would be a great time to share some of our favorite rural books.
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Whether novels, memoirs, essays, or biographies, we fell in love with these stories of rural people and places. In their pages we’ve found tragedy and humor, hard times and hope, and a bit of wisdom to boot. We hope you’ll enjoy them as much as we have. And as ever, once you’ve checked out our rural book recommendations, you can add your own suggestions at th