farming

2018-08-19T15:39:03Z

Every once in a while I come upon an ad or post by someone wanting to become a farmer. I find these laughable because they almost certainly have no idea what it means to be a farmer. I think our two most important professions are farming and teaching, neither one of them gets paid enough to make a decent living.

The people writing these ads seem to envision getting up, having breakfast, wandering outside to feed the chickens, check on their gourmet greens, and perhaps making some artisan cheese. They don't picture my neighbors who are up and out before I am every day no matter the weather (and I'm generally an early riser). They don't understand that to have a small farm means you have a full time job somewhere else and you do your farming before and after that, because even the most frugal can't live off a small farm. So when I see people writing about wanting to become a farmer I know they are either not familiar with farming, looking for someone to bankroll them, or independently wealthy. It's usually not the last of those.

I'm not a farmer. I could never hack it, I simply don't have the stamina. I need a day off now and then.

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it's either this or do work

2012-04-10T02:30:06Z

derien went out with a girl tonight!

"I said, we got a lot in common,
She said more than you know."

Ok, so hers wasn't a date any more than mine was, but it's fun to tease her.

"Just a pair of fallen angels,
tryin' to get through the night,
any way we can."

I'm trying to figure out how to get through the next 8 days before vacation.

Am I the only one who is irritated by Frank Warren parlaying other people's secrets and insecurities into a living? I mean exhibits of submitted secrets in art museums seemed fairly on point, but the secrets should be up front.

"Money, it's a hit.
Don't give me that do, do good bullshit."

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farming

it's either this or do work