Month: August 2023

Land of Opposites

The weather was perfect this morning, so I jumped on my trusty bicycle and headed out on the backroads that criss cross the farmland here to enjoy it up close. I’ve been here for almost three years, and I’m still amazed at this land of opposites.

The land is really a mix of big farms and woodlands. You never know when a silo or two (or three) might pop up out of the trees. It’s perfect for deer and migrating birds.

The sun-bleached fields are in stark contrast to the lush, verdant banks of the creeks that wind through the dry countryside like Oases in the desert.

Old, abandoned barns dot the landscape, even as productive farms seem to flourish everywhere. The old and the new together never fail to intrigue me.

There’s always some new-fangled farm equipment on the roads now, it’s that time of the year. And it’s all high-tec; what used to take a whole family of sons to accomplish on the farm can now be done by one man and his dog. Apparently.

–Photos by me

Thoreau Quote

There is much to be said about the benefits of a walk in the woods. It can change the way we feel, improve our health, and lifts our spirits. In fact, there’s so much I could say about it, I’m going to cut right through to the heart of the matter with a succinct quote about it by Henry David Thoreau:

“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”

–Photo by me

Sunday Thoughts

According to the Bible, Jesus said, “I am in the Father, and the Father is in me.”

Two thousand years later, Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said, “I am in the universe, and the universe is in me.”

Are we missing something here?

–photo by me