A Country Road Flag

Happy Independence Day Weekend!

The American flag means many things to many people. This one pictured is the first in a row of red, white, and blue along a back road lined by corn and soybeans. I drive this road between the farm and the house each morning and evening, the light changing, it seems, every minute.

The crops grow, the light changes, and the country grows and changes. This flag looks as if it is stretching out a welcoming corner to the viewer. We too are stretching--and learning--as a community and as individuals.

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And I hope you feel refreshed and rejuvenated for the week ahead with this moment preserved in picture and prose. Consider:

• How would you like to stretch this week?

Think of someone who likes to learn new things and share your answer and this newsletter with them.

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This Week on the Farm

Over the last few months, we've been working on a project to rearrange the barn and pens within. It'll soon be weaning time, so this week, we'll continue that project; when we've finished, the lambs will have comfortable pens for when they leave their mothers for their own grand adventures.