Comments on: Down on the farm

By: Susan Harris

Susan Harris — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:55:37 +0000

My son has a tree just like that in his backyard in Vandalia it’s called a Twisted Willow thanks for sharing your pictures and story

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:05:51 +0000

Such beautiful place! I wish I had a “retreat” like that! Thanks for sharing!!

By: David Stanislaw

David Stanislaw — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:35:29 +0000

Ligoneer, PA is where you’ll find the family farm for us. Haven’t been there for a couple years. My uncle runs it now. Your story evokes many similar memories and feelings about growing up and getting away. 500+ acres of romping and stomping as a kid with the cousins. Drinking “real” milk from the cooler before the truck showed up to haul it away. Being careful where to step in the pasture while barefoot. Building forts in the hayloft. Summer nights with skies so black you felt you could reach up and pick a star right out of the heavens. (sigh…) Thanks for the story.

By: Tara Hastings

Tara Hastings — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:18:20 +0000

Thanks Randy! Leslie – I call my grandfather Granddad but had a “papaw” too I loved when the mail car drove by b/c I was able to drive the dodge ram truck down the lane to get the mail before I was 16

By: Leslie Lewis

Leslie Lewis — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:32:19 +0000

I have a very simular place I go. It’s also my grandpa’s (aka Papaw). It’s in central Kentucky, down a gravel road. If 4 trucks go by in a weekend, there’s alot of “traffic”. The thunder rolls up the hollar when storms happen. There’s a slate bottom creek my kids love playing in on hot summer days. I love the land and company down there. My mind and soul are at peace when I’m there.

By: Randy Warden

Randy Warden — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:45:25 +0000

Very beautiful! Loved the article and the pictures!