The Spark of the Rural South

I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as blessing – Flannery O’Connor Yesterday, our basset hound pup Mosey had an allergic reaction to the lyme disease vaccine I authorized when the veterinarian with a German/Austrian/Scandinavian accent said that the...

Canada Geese and the Gift of Awe

This morning, as I closed the pasture gate, I heard them beyond the woods at the edge of our hay field.  Their honks heralded their arrival long before their graceful necks cleared the tree line. Canada Geese.  An animal that has been – as long as I can remember...

A Year of Abundance

Yesterday, I walked up the big hill in front of the farm to the cemetery.  Dinwiddie Tucker, who was born in our house and played professional baseball, has a white marble mausoleum there. And I was hoping to find some other graves, particularly those of the people...