Trampled by a Hog

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“Jasper, stand here and hold this, and don’t let her out.”

Dad never called us by our proper names. We were Quincy (Keith), Jenner Breen (Brenda), Ralph (Robert), and I was either Jasper or Jack – Dad never seemed able to settle on one or the other. Our nicknames never took hold with the gener…