Puppy love

Nov 19, 2025
Nov 19, 2025

Glenn Brunkow

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This is a story about a forbidden love, maybe like Romeo and Juliet. Two star-crossed lovers who must steal away in the dead of the night only to be separated the next morning against their will.

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Glenn Brunkow is a fifth-generation farmer in the Northern Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County in Kansas. He was a county Extension educator for 19 years before returning to farm and ranch full time. He can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.