The comfort an old tractor brings

On my way into the big city every morning, I drive through some of the most beautiful rural countryside in Fayette County, and as time progresses, I watch more and more of it disappear. 
No, land doesn’t actually disappear.  In fact, as Gerald O’Hara states in that epic of romantic Southern fiction, Gone With the Wind, [...]

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Field of Greens

With apologies to Ray Kinsella….
Grandpa, people will come Grandpa. They’ll come to your garden for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won’t mind if you pick the [...]

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