Before we could know everything instantly all the time everywhere, there were other ways to communicate. Letters. The phone. Eavesdropping. The latter is how a friend of the Skaug family, all the way down in Fresno, CA heard that the Armstrong Paint & Glass business in Moses Lake, WA was for sale; a friend just […]
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On a Scale
The Farm As I toured Pure Country Farm I was struck by the smell. It smelled like hay and dirt. Not like 1,000 pigs. While pigs might roll in the mud (and sometimes poo), it’s to keep themselves cool and their skin protected from the sun. Which is important when you are fair skinned and […]



