Still Here

Until a few weeks ago this road was under water for the better part of a month. It was a long winter and a wet spring.  Doesn't make for good farming or gardening.  

But summer has arrived and fresh loads of gravel to restore the road after weeks under water. And fresh clayey gravel makes a nice palette for some words of inspiration.  

It's going on 12 years since we moved our family from St. Paul to the farm in Big Stone County.  I read somewhere that the average back to the land folks lasted about 7 years and then moved on.  We've passed that milestone.

Lots of experiences, lessons learned, hopes, dreams, disappointments, and a few heartbreaks here and there.  But we're still here.  And I'm setting an intent to share more stores from rural Big Stone County and my View from Here.