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Rough-hewn ponderings on wood smoke, fried squirrel, dirt roads, creek water, generational curses, and living in the Anthropocene

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About Johnny Carrol Sain

I'm a writer focused on rural culture and connection to place through actively living with the land. Published in The Bitter Southerner, Outdoor Life, The Food and Environment Reporting Network, Sporting Classics, and others.

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