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Chris Hardie For Agri-View
Jul 19, 2025
Jul 19, 2025

Doves — The morning silence is interrupted by the gentle calls of mourning doves.
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Chris Hardie For Agri-View

It’s the height of summer and dawn breaks early and gently across our valley. The darkness lifts ever so slightly, creeping into twilight.

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Chris Hardie and his wife, Sherry, live on his great-grandparents’ Jackson County farm. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, he is a former member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and past president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. His book “Back Home: Country Tales by the Seasons” is available through Amazon.