1 of 3 — Have Scythe, Will Mow Valley News photo courtesy - Granite State News Collaborative 2024 This story was originally produced by the Valley News. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the ...
When I was a child, I had a print of Winslow Homer’s 1865 painting “The Veteran in a New Field” tacked to the floral-papered wall of my bedroom in the colonial farmhouse where I grew up. In the ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Competitors sharpened their scythes and raced off across a Russian field, hoping to make the cut in the annual mowing competition in the town of Arti. Men had to sweep their way ...
The morning sun beat down as Antoine Waithe sharpened his scythe. He knelt in the grass, carefully handling the tool. Its long, handsome blade caught the light. It was a hot Thursday in August, and ...