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Top 10 signs that you might be a Gene Logsdon
Groupie
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10.
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You did
a web search on "Gene Logsdon" and got excited when this page popped up. |
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When your
friends are discussing the pathos and passion of "Water for Chocolate",
you can't stop yourself from gushing about your hardback copy of the out
of print book, "Small-Scale Grain Raising". With a tear in your eye. |
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You've written to Gene'scurrent
publisher begging them to reprint more of his out-of-print-titles,
and pestering them for when his currently-in-progress new books are going
to be available. (HINT HINT - if you haven't already done this, then
do it NOW! NOW, I say, NOW! Else you may never consider yourself
a True Believer.) |
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You know where Gene
Logsdon was born - and no, I'm not going to tell you, because if you were
a REAL Gene Logsdon groupie you'd already have read his book, "You Can
Go Home Again". |
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6.
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You have a permanent
entry on your want list at the Advanced
Book Exchange for any book by Gene Logsdon. |
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5.
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You own more than one
copy of at least one of his books. |
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4.
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There is a single copy
of "Getting Food From Water" in your local library, and you check it out
at least once every 6 weeks so the library won't toss it for lack of interest. |
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There is a single copy
of "Money Saving Secrets" in your local library and you have hidden it
in the hopes that it will turn up at the next library sale of cast-offs
for a quarter. |
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You live in a condo
in Los Angeles but nevertheless subscribe to "New Farm Magazine" because
you heard that Gene Logsdon occasionally writes for it. |
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And the Number One Sign that you may be a Gene
Logsdon Groupie IS:
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YOU
are the one who paid $65 - no, make that 83.50 - no, $95 - NO! $136!
for that copy of "Small-Scale Grain Raising" that recently showed up on
the Advanced Book Exchange! |
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© Copyright 1996-1999. All rights reserved.
Last Updated: July 31, 1999
Gene Logsdon, the Contrary Farmer, is a writer and farmer.
He has written numerous books and magazine articles on the subject of small
farms, rural living, cottage farming, homesteading, alternative farming
practices, organic gardening, composting, aquaculture, and other types
of alternative agriculture. These pages are a part of the Blackbird Ridge Homestead site, which is a site devoted to homesteading, small farming, alternative agriculture, family values, rural living, self-sufficiency, and organic or alternative farming practices. |
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