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If you would like a copy of this book mail a check for $25.00 to: Jamie Young 101 West Road Ashfield, Ma 01330 and I’ll ship one out to you right away!   DANNY THE TRUE STORY OF A GREAT … Continue reading →

Chapter 2 Building the Cabin Pulling lumber into the woods. Bob and I had decided to build our cabin on the ledge above our stream that ran through a fifty-foot deep gorge. The land rose on either side of this … Continue reading →

Chapter Three The Bear Dan escaping the bear. One cold winter night I was awakened to a loud snort from Danny. That is what horses do if they feel threatened. I jumped up and climbed down the ladder from our … Continue reading →

Chapter 4 Logging Snaking logs. We wanted to do selective cutting on our land so that the big trees grew faster and the small or crooked trees are cleared out. A friend of ours, Bill, had a French Canadian uncle … Continue reading →

Chapter 5 Hunters Dan and the Buck. Hunters in our area had tracked animals through the land long before we owned it. Now that we lived there, most but not all were slowly becoming aware that people had built a … Continue reading →

Chapter 6 Sugaring Gathering sap. On a cold January evening we saw lights coming through the dark woods and up our road. Two men holding flashlights came to the door. It was Stan and our friend Ronny. Stan said he … Continue reading →

Chapter 7 Fire Bob riding Dan out of the fire. One of us usually had an outside job to make ends meet. For a year I worked in a boarding school kitchen in the next town, cooking for the kids.  … Continue reading →

Chapter 8 A Baby Boy One year old Sean on Danny. The cordwood and logging didn’t pay enough to cover our mortgage and truck repairs. Bob had many carpentry jobs with his partner, Mike. We also delivered hay to local … Continue reading →

Chapter 9 Separation & Reunion Doug riding Dan away. Only a traumatic situation would make me leave my horse, but things happen in life and you just have to deal with them as best you can. Bob and I were … Continue reading →

Chapter 10 The Last Goodbye **Please note- this chapter is sad.  If reading to small children, you may want to read ahead to see if it’s appropriate.** Dan under the big pine. A year later Jenny had to move to … Continue reading →