Playing the game Table Topics with friends, we went around the circle answering a select question. “What would you like to do for a job that might surprise all of your friends?”
One of the men in our group answered, “I’d be a farmer.” Last week when we got together with Michael and his wife, he brought three coolers full of produce from his summer garden. We laugh nicknaming him “Farmer Mike,” and bringing him closer to that reality.
I answered, “When Jeff and I finally retire and live up north at the lake, I want to give talks to children about the bugs, vegetation and animals that live in the forest.” I went on to explain that since my childhood adventures in Pembine, Wisconsin, the natural world continues to amaze me.
The forest floor alone holds death and decay. You see the after effects of severe conditions in fallen trees and…
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