I m waxing too philosophical myself. I was supposed to be telling y all what it was like to escape the city and live in the country. The chief reason people don t live on farms any more has little to do with the amount of money you can t make. It s the work . I know that s the reason my grandfather left it in 1912.
Every day brings some new job fences down, beans in, corn up, blackberries out.
Failure to catch it at the right time means that you miss it altogether, or bring a lot more work on yourself. Responsible because there is no one else to answer for things. You care for them, you foresee the needs, or it doesn t get done. Independent because you are in charge and no one else. Although it seems like you never have enough time to do all the jobs shouting at you, the rural dilation of time compensates for that.