I love to go for drives. There is so much to see.
It helps me put my life into perspective.
Yesterday’s drive took me past corn fields, soybean
fields and tobacco fields. The fields and woods were so many shades of green. The
air was cool, and the wind made the corn fields dance as the light of day
turned to dusk. There were deer standing in the bean fields, big fat rabbits
that ran for cover, long horn cattle, horses and goats. There were also dogs
that gave chase as I passed by. There were people cutting their grass,
clearing their ditches, tending their gardens, stoking their bonfires. There
was a grandpa working on a truck and a momma rocking her baby on the front
porch. There was laundry hanging on the line and smoke coming off the back-yard
barbeque. I watched the sun set and one single airplane leave a vapor trail
across the sky.
I love seeing the slowness of country life. It is so different
from the city life I grew up with. I love everything about it. I like to watch
the world pass by, take a deep breath, wave at a stranger and know that this is
what life is truly all about.
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