Tag: farm

A panoramic view of the farm with photos of some of the barn animals—geese, a rabbit, Lady the cow, and a baby goat—overlayed with transparency so you can see the lush green land behind.

“Flight of Barn” * Nonfiction * Rebecca Blaevoet

aromatica poetica December 20, 2022

Today I would like to curate a flight you’ve probably never imagined. No barista course or sommelier training will teach you about the subject we will study today, but it is one all farmers know. Our barn is the staging area: it’s long and symmetrical, wood-paneled a la New Brunswick winter, weathered, rustic, unshakable as the hill it stands on. We swing through the little postern, and enter a palatial gallery, tall wooden doors marching down the length like theatre …

A somewhat cartoony illustration of two boys playing watermelon baseball - in the foreground, a skinny sunburned boy in overalls is throwing a watermelon at the second boy, who is swinging hard with a baseball bat. Both are splattered with yellow watermelon juice and broken pieces lie on the ground. a long path fades to the background where a house sits on a hill. By Drake Scott.

“Aunt Dottie I Didn’t Do It” * Short Story * David P. Stewart

aromatica poetica April 14, 2021

The following story about watermelon baseball and other dangerously fun childhood activities comes from Cornbread and Lace: The Privileges of a Mississippi Farmboy, which was written by an author with both feet firmly planted in Mississippi. In David’s thought-provoking manuscript, the anguish of racism, classism, bigotry, patriarchy, war, segregation, and revisionist history are mixed with vivid stories about winged snakes, hot donuts, an old farting mule name Kate, and dinner on the ground. Thought-provoking wisdom from a loving grandmother and an …