"Westcott Family Farm" by Nicholas Hall

[Rutabaga]

Here:  http://www.awesomedude.com/nicholas-hall/westcott-family-farm/index.htm

I knew this story was going to be good after seeing the multiple references to growing rutabagas on this farm.

R

[Camy]

On 2/27/2021 at 4:47 PM, Rutabaga said:

Here:  http://www.awesomedude.com/nicholas-hall/westcott-family-farm/index.htm

I knew this story was going to be good after seeing the multiple reference to growing rutabagas on this farm.

R

Hubris! 🤣

[Nigel Gordon]

On 2/27/2021 at 4:47 PM, Rutabaga said:

Here:  http://www.awesomedude.com/nicholas-hall/westcott-family-farm/index.htm

I knew this story was going to be good after seeing the multiple reference to growing rutabagas on this farm.

R

Of course it's going to be good, it's by Nicholas Hall, even the stuff of his I don't like, which is not much, is good. This story is great. So far I would class it amongst his best writing.

[Rutabaga]

Not sure that "precocious" is an adequate word to describe these tykes.

R

[Nigel Gordon]

5 hours ago, Rutabaga said:

Not sure that "precocious" is an adequate word to describe these tykes.

R

I believe the correct adjective is Trouble with a capital T.

[Rutabaga]

57 minutes ago, Nigel Gordon said:

I believe the correct adjective is Trouble with a capital T.

And that rhymes with P and that stands for Pool.

R

[Rutabaga]

Young Jamie has perfected the "poop in your pants" sales technique.  

R

[Rutabaga]

"If she thought pig shit stunk, I thought chicken shit was much worse."

Truer words were never spoken.

ADDENDUM:  The Iowa farmer story rings true.  See https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/02/oregon-farmer-eaten-by-pigs/

 

R

[Cole Parker]

Even if it is a non sequitur!

[Merkin]

Ahh, I do remember the smell of my rural countryside, Pennsylvania in the spring, when farmers spread their fields with the bounty of manure--cow, pig, chicken--they had been saving up all winter.  That was the balance of Nature that I learned about as a kid.  Don't drive country roads with your windows open in the spring.  As awful as it was I have to say I miss it. 

[Camy]

Also, don't drive close behind a tractor towing a muck-spreader.

[Nigel Gordon]

9 hours ago, Camy said:

Also, don't drive close behind a tractor towing a muck-spreader.

Especially in a convertible with the top down. 

[Rutabaga]

Everyone is rooting for Mattie . . . 

R

[Rutabaga]

The story has taken a sad but not unexpected turn.  

R

[Rutabaga]

Disappointed that there was no further discussion of growing rutabagas . . . .

 

R