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    Pulling Weeds: Off the Beaten Path, #4
    Pulling Weeds: Off the Beaten Path, #4
    Pulling Weeds: Off the Beaten Path, #4
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    Pulling Weeds: Off the Beaten Path, #4

    By Kate Tompkins

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    Jori's being selected as a potential candidate for councillor for the Coalition of Nine Planets was an unexpected honour. Or was it?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Matthewsburg Manse
    Release dateJun 10, 2024
    ISBN9798224764402
    Pulling Weeds: Off the Beaten Path, #4
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    Kate Tompkins

    When not fulfilling her primary role of providing a warm lap for the cat, Kate Tompkins writes short stories and poetry. While she lives in the city, she's a country girl at heart, so it forms the background of much of her work.

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      Pulling Weeds - Kate Tompkins

      Pulling Weeds

      Off the Beaten Path, Volume 4

      Kate Tompkins

      Published by The Matthewsburg Manse, 2024.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      PULLING WEEDS

      First edition. June 10, 2024.

      Copyright © 2024 Kate Tompkins.

      Written by Kate Tompkins.

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      Pulling Weeds

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      Pulling Weeds

      Sixteen winters and you don't know what to do with your life, I chided myself. I wrapped my fingers around the hairy stem of a weed and gave a sharp tug. It snapped off, smearing its sticky sap on my hand. Sighing, I reached behind me for the spade, and loosened the soil around the long tap root. My skills didn't lie with farming, but I hadn't found anything I could do better.

      The clamour of the meeting bell floated up from the valley. I could decide my future later. Stopping only to wash my hands and slick my hair back behind my ears, I hurried to the grassy circle in the middle of the village. The black squat bulk of a planetary hopper sat at one edge, its base obscured by the surrounding children.

      Jori! my

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