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An assorted jumble of candy
papers litters the dressers in one
upstairs bedroom, strikingly
similar to the clutter strewn across
the floor. This fallout is the reside
of our youngest’s - to his dismay -
last trick-or-treat haul of his
childhood.
In another bedroom nearby, the
bright reds and greens of holiday
gift wrap and cards hint of the
rapidly impending season of
giving.
Stuck here, in the no-man’s-land
between the increasingly, uneasy
“gimme, gimme” of Holloween,
gunning preparations for the
opening day of deer season, and
the “buy, buy, buy” of Christmas,
it would be easy to forget Than
skgiving.
Frankly, Thanksgiving deserves
more attention than it generally
gets.
There are so very many people,
and such a list of things for which
we can be thankful, that most of us
just don’t quite know where to
begin. But one thing in particular
comes to mind this year.
I’m thankful for corn.
Corn. Such a simple, little golden
seed. Planted in spring, it swells.
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pokes tiny brave shoots through
warming soil, and with a little
luck, grows like wildfire over the
next several weeks.
Towering many times the seed’s
size, corn plantings wave green
swells of motion over the July
rural landscapes, and crackle with
vigor on hot, humid August
evenings. Pale tassels decorate the
tops and the air grows fragrant
witht he scent of pollen. Ears shoot
from thick stalks, swell fat, and
grow long.
As nights shorten, the cornfields
almost imperceptibly begin fading
from vibrant greens to a faded,
aging hue. Ears, sag with
maturing weight, and drying silks
turn a rich shade of brown. Flashes
of golden color peek from the ends
of ears, as the husks dry and shrink
away to expose the richness
within.
Corn. A miracle of kernel next to
kernel, lined neatly in straight
rows, side by side, marching on
around a red cob center. Millions
of kernels per acre,, millions of
ears in rows that climb curving
hills, gracefully slip down the other
side and melt in the distance into a
fringed, blurred sea of crispy tan.
Com. It feeds cattle, and
becomes mil* and meat. Hogs
convert it to tasty ham and chops,
and sheep transform it into a
warm, resilient fiber. Chickens
grow sleek and plump with eggs
for our benefit. Turkeys peck at
ground kernels and metamorphose
into birds so plump with juicy meat
that most families despair of
finishing the wealth in even
several sittings.
Last year, though, there was so
little com. Like all simple, nor
mally abundant blessings, we took
it for granted that this harvest,
year after year, would always be
there to fuel our cattle, feed our
selves and forge the economy
ahead
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And the ensuing year has been
sparse, agonizingly so for too
many who may never grow corn
again in the wake of the drought, or
who will continue paying for the
scarcity through seasons to come
hopefully-of abundance.
Com. How reassuring to hear it
rattling its way up silo blower
pipes, and watch a stream of
yellow pour from combine augers
into trucks and bins.
On that first Thanksgiving,
pilgrims paused to give thanks
after they, too, had endured a
sparse, lean winter of near
starvation, far greater privations
than we can ever imagine. History
relates that among their guests
were Indians, the native
Americans who taught our
forefathers to grow com.
That memory seems especially
appropriate as we pause to offer
prayerful Thanks this year.
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“Miraska,” the 5-year-old Arabian
that is her 4-H project. Miraska
belongs to the McCuens, but Beth
does most of the work involved in
caring for her. Someday, Beth
said, she hopes to have her own
horse.
Beth says the drill team “doesn’t
take that much time,” but adds,
“sometimes it can be a lot of
work.”
Preparing for shows and
parades constitutes a great deal of
that work. In addition to the hour*
of practice involved in drill team, a
great deal of grooming is needed to
prepare for an event. Jennifer
Esposito says that when preparing
for an event, she must bath and
brush her horse, paint his hooves,
and clean her tack and boots.
But all the work doesn’t keep
Jennifer and Beth from quipping,
“It’s fun.”
The team members aren’t the
only ones who reap rewards from
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