Things we miss – or not

Sheri Poore
Oct 30, 2023
Oct 30, 2023

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“I’ll bet you don’t miss chopping ice off the water tank,” I remarked to my father one subzero day this past winter. He nodded in agreement.

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Sheri Poore grew up on a Day County dairy farm and is a former Tri-State Neighbor editor now living in Sioux Falls.