A small trail leading across the snow
About Me
- Jean in Wisconsin
- I am both the wife of an engineer-turned-farmer in the beautiful hills of Wisconsin and the homeschooling mom of 3 teenagers. We raise Simmental cattle and grow corn, and soybeans. We also raise chickens and turkeys for our own use and have laying hens. We are giving our children a Christian classical education, and this is our 13th year of homeschooling. The night sky is my hobby. I sew, knit, bake bread, cook from scratch, grind wheat, garden, make soap and so much more! Also, I should not forget to tell you that we all love cats! Welcome!
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Greetings Jean,
Thought you might enjoy this:
It is winter, the harvest is over.
The cold wind withers the branches that no longer bear any fruit.
The bare trees stand ready for new growth.
Slowly the freeze and thaw sifts the soil.
Snow falls deep on far away mountains,
deep enough to keep the rivers running through the heat of summer.
The ground lies fallow, resting.
Thinking of you and yours in beautiful wintery Wis.
Bob and Carmen
Thanks! Who wrote it?
Jean
The article I found did not list the author. This was also written.....Globalized consumer society has eliminated winter, not only it's practical effects but in its meaning. Technology provides more than just heat and light through winter, more than warm cars that drive through snow, technology provides imported fruit year round, mid-winter breaks in exotic climates; the sun always shines on TV. We have used technology not just to insulate ourselves from the physical extremes of winter, but to erase the idea from our culture. The meaning of winter, a season in which life is sustained by the stored harvest of the past, of an uncertain future, of waiting unproductively for a new season, no longer resonates in our lives. There are only three seasons now; the excitement of spring as we start a new work, the intensity of summer as it grows, and most especially, harvest time; success. There is never a season that people shouldn't be fruitful. We really don't believe in winter, when the once productive ground lies fallow, and we live in faith off the accumulation of the past, trusting God to bring spring. God made winter. He made a time for withering and dying. God made winter so that one day there can be spring.
Wonderful thoughts that people on a family farm really understand!
Bob and Carmen
Winter here is soooo needed. We use it as a time to rest just like nature. It is the only time of the year my dh is around in the house (working taxes) and has time to read a book.
I think I would find it hard to live in a climate with no winter--but does it have other seasons that allow rest? Like the heat of summer? OR the rainy season?
Jean
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