But a farm is embedded in its town it protects the watershed from flooding, it hosts wildlife for hunters and visitors, it produces food, fiber, and fuel for its neighbors. Farm businesses can move to new locations farmers can relocate. A quick email, a texted heart, a momentary online exchange it’s just nice to know each other is still out there.Ī farm is a different kind of a business than others, often because it’s a physical, biological place and not just a building or cloud space. It can be a week or a month or five years, when you see each other and the warm glow is still between you. It’s not even necessarily about the length of time spent together it’s about a feeling, locked in, that’s there and solid. Or people who buy frozen geese as a joke and name lambs after football quarterbacks just to annoy us.įamily is about creating connection. Or people who drop by their famous pepper jelly with an extra Christmas cactus (his name is Ernie–by the way-the cactus, not the person). In our life, family is who shows up and cares enough to use precious vacation days to come from NY and camp in our back yard or people who send us news clippings and Craigslistings of used yurts and people who randomly ship paleo/low carb cookies that Chris can eat. If you come from a relatively small birth family like mine (no siblings), the word family has a little more flexible meaning than it might for other people. Winter quiet brings a space for thinking that I never seem to have time for during the busier seasons, so I’ve been mulling about the meaning of family.
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