One of my favorite times of year is when the cotton blooms. I don’t really know why because they aren’t particularly fragrant (unless you’re a thrip or an armyworm) and it isn’t as if you can gather a bouquet of them. But just the same, I love driving by a field of deep green cotton…
Monthly Archives: July 2009
A few days after we brought Farmer Boy home my grandma came by to see me. No, not really. Everybody knows that when there’s a new baby around, no one else exists – especially the mama. She came by to hold that baby – that little warm, soft, squishy bundle that’s all cheeks and brown…
A deliciously cool July evening… a husband home from the fields… a house full of happy babies… and home grown tomatoes on my (dirty) windowsill. Life is good. What makes you feel that sort of contentment?







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