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Our Olive Oil Lamp: A Fixture of the Rural Night
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When the day is done, and the herd of goats has been milked and put out to pasture, we get on with our evening ritual, which always involves lighting the only lamp in our camper-turned-home.
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Greg’s post about his oil lamp and the responses to it had me feeling nostalgic. When I was young (very young!) Grandma used
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