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  1. Spung-Man

    Traveler's Forecast for the Pine Barrens

    I had in interesting conversation with historian Bill Leap last Saturday. As a young lad he had the privilege of exploring the Pine Barrens of Rev. Beck, the famed author of classics like Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey and Jersey Genesis: The Story of the Mullica River. During the early...
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    Paying $120 For a Local Turkey

    I like to think of the southern Pine Barrens an ethnic archipelago as described by Richard Stockton’s Libby Marsh (see Marsh, 1979; Berger & Sinton, 1985: 97-99). Her model suggested that railroad-era Pinelands Villages were settled by specific ethnic groups on higher ground parcels surrounded...
  3. Spung-Man

    Paying $120 For a Local Turkey

    R-350, I can make a venison-parsnip pie that’ll knock your barn doors off, but can hardly justify its cost after factoring in a license, ammo, and time afield required to fetch Milmay beef. A farmer’s sensibility prevents me form stalking prey anymore. Give me a broomstick to catch 50 sea bass...
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    Paying $120 For a Local Turkey

    D57, Great food for thought. Timely too. This Thanksgiving’s store-bought turkey was expertly cooked - crispy-golden outside, tender moist inside, yet all at the table lamented the bird lacked any real flavor. Ultimately we decided that the problem was one of quantity over quality. Everyone...
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