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1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Elton Mau

   From the Pastures: Tornado clean-up (opens the original)

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   The Alaska trip was fun. I didn’t see any cows or sheep, but I could have gone to a musk ox farm and decided not to. Now two months later I read an article about how they “reintroduced” the musk ox to Alaska in 1930. Thirty-four musk ox calves from Greenland were shipped across the United States to Seattle by rail and then by ship up to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Read about it because it’s interesting. Anyway, I passed up my opportunity to see them. The lesson here is “don’t

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2. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Elton Mau

   From the Pastures: Tornado clean-up (opens the original)

   Excerpt · Neutral tone · English

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   The Alaska trip was fun. I didn’t see any cows or sheep, but I could have gone to a musk ox farm and decided not to. Now two months later I read an article about how they “reintroduced” the musk ox to Alaska in 1930. Thirty-four musk ox calves from Greenland were shipped across the United States to Seattle by rail and then by ship up to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Read about it because it’s interesting. Anyway, I passed up my opportunity to see them. The lesson here is “don’t

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3. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Elton Mau

   From the Pastures: A bucket-list getaway (opens the original)

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   I did what most farmers and self-employed businessmen find impossible to do — take a vacation. At Christmas, I told my wife we’d do one of her bucket-list items: go to Alaska for two weeks. So, I’m writing this in Anchorage. Of course, it’s late at night. We’re three hours behind Illinois time. When we left O’Hare airport at 5 p.m. Sunday, it was hazy and overcast. After we landed and got settled into our hotel in Anchorage at midnight, Alaska time, it was just as bright outside as i

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4. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Elton Mau

   From the Pastures: A bucket-list getaway (opens the original)

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   I did what most farmers and self-employed businessmen find impossible to do — take a vacation. At Christmas, I told my wife we’d do one of her bucket-list items: go to Alaska for two weeks. So, I’m writing this in Anchorage. Of course, it’s late at night. We’re three hours behind Illinois time. When we left O’Hare airport at 5 p.m. Sunday, it was hazy and overcast. After we landed and got settled into our hotel in Anchorage at midnight, Alaska time, it was just as bright outside as i

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