tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post2799197832431976216..comments2023-10-11T07:35:31.358-07:00Comments on Knights of Creativity Spirit & Ale: An Old Farmer's AdvicedkWellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-57587349268219819642009-06-27T08:45:55.912-07:002009-06-27T08:45:55.912-07:00Good wisdom! My grandfather Wells was a farmer. I ...Good wisdom! My grandfather Wells was a farmer. I remember riding on his tractor and smelling the dirt and feeling the connection to earth and all its wonders. There's a simple wisdom to this lifestyle that we all too often complicate with meaningless chatter!<br><br>As for what the farmer was doing last night...it has changed since my grandfather's day...now they're either listening to an iPod or watching satellite TV in their air conditioned cab while enjoying their beer of choice in a mini fridge under the seat!<br><br>I did that job in the summers between college.<br><br>Still, you can remove the dirt off a farmer, but you can't remove the farmer from the dirt!<br><br>Sir Hook A Grandson of A Farmer of WarrickSir Hook of Warrick aka "David K Wells"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-6528014611298912982009-06-27T10:55:32.741-07:002009-06-27T10:55:32.741-07:00Sir B was wandering Indiana on his way home from p...Sir B was wandering Indiana on his way home from playing Captain Dave on our pontoon - taking part of the Eclectic Eight on a 3 hour tour -<br>complete with handing out drinks and taking us back to the cabin for the indoor plumbing - what a guy!!<br><br>Even smiling when the "girls" called him a "cabana boy" and wanted to put dollar bills in his Speedos lol<br><br>Now he's off shooting black powder and I'm here to come back to city life after the slowness of the lake...it sure is nice (whispering so the kids don't hear) to enjoy our lives apart and then back together...just the two of us<br><br> I'm going to re-read the farmer's wisdom - I too come from a long line of farming families!<br><br>Lady SuzanneLady Suzanne of Greenbriarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715427827385897484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-59039617556864158682009-06-29T11:21:08.834-07:002009-06-29T11:21:08.834-07:00yeah love these.. I can imagine them said in tha...yeah love these.. I can imagine them said in that Old timer mid west accent.<br><br>..and the interesting thing i bet is....that if you got all the parochial sayings from indigineous communities from all over the world.. communites that probably wouldnt have acess to other sayings from around the world, you'd see that the sum of human experience would have them saying exactly the same thing, but in their own colloquial way.. <br><br>fascinating.<br><br>Sir dayvd ( we're all one under the sun ) of OxenfordshireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com