84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 23, 1993
On being *—-■
a farm wife
-And other
hazards
Joyce Bupp
Hi there, old friend,
This is just a little note asking
you to stop around and visit one of
these first days.
Where’ve you been, anyway?
Enjoying the beaches of the Baha
mas? Surfing in Hawaii? Winter
ing in Florida? We’ve missed you;
in fact, a bunch of us have been
wondering if we did something to
offend you.
Yeah, we know. There for
awhile it seemed you had moved
in permanently. Really put the
heat on us while you were here.
And we did considerable com
plaining about you. Wished we
could replace you on numerous
occasions.
But you didn’t have to up and
leave us completely. We really
want you, need you, to remain a
big part of our lives.
Fact is, we just absolutely can’t
live without you. But, look, we
can’t live without the “other guy”
as well.
We need you both. What can
we do to get you two to cooperate
a little better?
If you recall, Sun, for several
years there, you just took over.
Ruled with an iron hand, day after
searing day—for the better part of
a decade, here in our neck of the
woods. You ran good old Rain
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down on us with long, scorching
stares that dried up water supplies,
shriveled up crops, wilted gar
dens, and, by gosh, even cracked
the very soil beneath us.
You certainly taught us a few
things. We began practicing more
conservation of our water resour
ces. No doubt we should have
been doing that already, but we
humans are sometimes a wasteful
lot.
We discovered we could drive
cars that weren’t spotlessly clean.
Our lawns would survive without
daily waterings. Many of us far
mers began adapting cropping
practices to include more drought
tolerant forage crops and grain
crops that could produce with less
moisture.
Then some months ago, Sun,
you just lit on out of here with not
even a goodbye. Turned us over to
Rain, and his Fog and Drizzle
gang.
It’s been a change. Some hay
laid so long in fields last summer
it had to be chopped up and blown
back on the ground just to get rid
of the moldy mess. And late com
in a few fields never matured, but
simply deteriorated to black, rot
ten ears before the ground hard
ened enough for the machines to
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Still, we don’t want to com
plain. People and livestock have
plenty to eat. Our streams and
ground water levels certainly
seem more stable. The little
“crick” in the meadow has more
gurgle than it has had for some
years. We find a few springs
returning to bubble up in places
where they had previously dried
up.
Still, we miss your cheerful
addition to our days. We miss the
pastel pinks, purples and oranges
of the sunrises and the uplift of
those first rays of sunshine burst
ing above the horizon.
The pond hasn’t sparkled in
days but just sort of sits there, gray
and leaden looking. Mud has
become an endless resource, if we
could just figure out what for.
Livestock pens are near impossi
ble to keep dry with this constant
gray mist in the air. And, boy,
have the tow chains gotten good
workouts lately.
You’re especially missed in the
greenhouse, where the plants are
just moping along in a sort of dor
mant stage. A touch of your
warming brightness would cer
tainly perk ’em up.
When you stop by, remember
not to scare off Rain again. In fact,
we’d very much appreciate it if
you two would have lunch
together and work out some fair
balance of your visiting time with
us. Thanks for your consideration.
Missing You,
Dreary, Damp
and Dismal
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