For Robert Long Foreman Please don’t cancel today’s yard sale because of the rain. Remember that you were up late […]

Farn McClintock’s pickax met with something metal, ringing his bell a little. He shook his head to recover from the […]

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I saw an ad on Facebook about a Build-A-Friend, similar to those Build-A-Bear places at the mall. I paid extra […]

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