I reflect back on farms. I thought everyone's grandparents lived on a farm. We were the city folks driving home during summer vacation over the rolling hills of Kentucky turning into the side road with the little bridge over the crick adjacent to the weathered old burnt sienna barn full of upside down hanging tobacco. Those days are gone now and having a red barn is kind of a yuppie lofty thing. The old "HOME PLACE" that we called grandma and grandpa's is now a subdivision. In my childish mind, I always thought they would remain; the crick, the bridge, the gigantic tree where the tire swing hung that we cousins played with for hours. But bulldozers rearranged the earth and diverted the creek and tree lined streets with sewers, water lines, street lamps and asphalt took their place among the houses all in a row alternating with models a b c and d. I wonder if the street sign bears any name with which I am familiar? I always think of my maw maw and pawpaw and the multitudes of cousins when I see a red barn, especially with clouds and hills and corn on the cob. I do so wish I could remember the LAST day I was there. Though only 10 I think I would have been melancholy to know not only that I would grow up but that it would disappear from the face of the earth.
"The joy of art lies in the spark of truth..
the quest fulfills the mind's desire to see.
The thing we make is not the same today
as lingers in the hallways of our minds."
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