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From the Woodlot

Greg Galbraith For Agri-View
Sep 4, 2021
Sep 4, 2021

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Ilia Touma looks into the eyes of her great-grandfather, the Rev. Gordon Thorpe of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, during her baptism on the shore of a small northern-Wisconsin lake.

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Waseem Touma holds his daughter, Ilia, during her shoreline baptismal service.

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A cousin transports Greg and Wendy Galbraith on a small pontoon to the baptism site across the lake from their cabin.

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Most of Greg Galbraith's guitar playing occurs in solitude.

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Greg Galbraith's first guitar build is re-purposed now to house a collage of guitar-related pictures.

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Building guitars is something Greg Galbraith says he's closed the chapter on; three is enough.

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Waseem and Anja Touma pose with their daughter, Ilia, after a baptismal service on the shore of a small northern-Wisconsin lake.

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Wendy and Greg Galbraith play music with friends Paul Gilk and Susanna Juon Gilk.

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Greg Galbraith, a former dairy farmer who owns woodlot property in eastern Marathon County, Wisconsin, writes about the rapidly changing nature of the agricultural landscape. He has built a lifetime connection to the land and those who farm it.