All the good things about life in the country
Spring Fashion Earth sleeps all winter and in the spring Wakes and yawns and lazes abed; As softly birds begin to sing Warm sunlight streams in and windchimes ching, Dreams and shadows take to the wing Then she lifts and rubs her sleepy head. Suddenly she's up and flings The cumbersome bulky blankets... Continue Reading →
The wuthering wind howls outside tonight, whistling at the windows, worrying the chimney, whipping around the house's corners, eaves, and shutters, whimpering at the doors, wanting to come inside out of its own cold. I hear it rattling tree branches, rustling fallen leaves, robbing the porch of anything left loose. I see it ruffling the... Continue Reading →
"Across the wide acres, from the church house, the schoolhouse, the farmhouse––the bell rings and sings through the air and into your soul." c.e.hollis When I first moved to the farm 20 years ago, it was not then a farm. It had been a farm. It had grown sorghum, corn, hay, pecans, and soybeans.... Continue Reading →
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