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Dispatches from Quarry Farm: Huck! Speak Up. We Need You.

Dispatches from Quarry Farm: Huck! Speak Up. We Need You.

by Steve Webb | Dec 18, 2017 | Dispatches from Quarry Farm

Originally posted by: Steve Webb on December 18, 2017 Caretaker Steve Webb and his son are the only year-round residents of Quarry Farm. Steve provides us with occasional, not always altogether reliable, updates from the premises. The word and all it carries. My son...
Dispatches From Quarry Farm: The Cat, Plays Bass.

Dispatches From Quarry Farm: The Cat, Plays Bass.

by Steve Webb | Aug 1, 2017 | Dispatches from Quarry Farm

Originally posted by: Steve Webb on August 1, 2017 A train rumbles through the city of Elmira. The tracks are at least three miles away, and I can hear it as a distant echo. I think of the past and the future here at Quarry Farm. It’s 4:00 A.M. and a cat, the cat, of...
Dispatches from Quarry Farm: A Tree Named Lewis

Dispatches from Quarry Farm: A Tree Named Lewis

by Steve Webb | Feb 9, 2017 | Dispatches from Quarry Farm

Originally posted by: Steve Webb on February 9, 2017 Quarry Farm’s only year-round resident, Caretaker Steve Webb, provides us with occasional, not altogether reliable, updates from the premises. To paraphrase the friendly ghost with whom he shares his home, Mr....
Dispatches from Quarry Farm: It’s Definitely The Cat

Dispatches from Quarry Farm: It’s Definitely The Cat

by Steve Webb | Nov 16, 2016 | Dispatches from Quarry Farm

Originally posted by: Steve Webb on November 16, 2016 Quarry Farm’s only year-round resident, Caretaker Steve Webb, provides us with occasional, not altogether reliable, updates from the premises. To paraphrase the friendly ghost with whom he shares his home, Mr....
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