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Papa Rod ponders how he began mowing to support a guitar hobby, and ended up playing guitar to support a mowing hobby.

Papa Rod encounters relentless obstacles to his plans...

Papa Rod tries, and fails to verbalize his thoughts about his relationship with music.

Papa Rod laments being distracted from things that matter more by things that matter less.

Papa Rod ponders his last semester of teaching.

Papa Rod rants his unpopular opinion about a very popular song.

Family and Friends gather in the pasture for a Memorial Farm Party.

Red and Papa Rod enjoy the October blue sky and chill air and explore the woods together.  

The Forest has gone Nuts!

Papa Rod grieves like an old man yelling at clouds about the inattentive way we (don't) listen to the ubiquitous music all around us.

Those little children have a lot to teach us grown-ups.

Pondering the olfactory, our perception, and the meaning of words.

Pondering Adam's gift, the Second Adam's redemption, and the thinness of half a breath.  

Another out-of-sequence, forgotten episode - this one from season 5.

We grieve with those who grieve.  

Sometimes finding the path means hacking, and crawling, and sliding.  You may even have to blaze some sections yourself.

The young ones in our lives are the compensation for what time has taken from us.  

The evening rain takes the edge off the heat of the day, and cleanses the skies.  

Papa Rod, and Red work in the heat, and Papa Rod wonders if he should have adopted a mouser instead of a Coon Hound.

Red and Papa Rod get to know one another in a normal day's work.  

Papa Rod adopts a new Farm Friend.

Papa Rod depends on his Dad to get through the day's work.

Looking for the intersections of our commonality in the beauty of our diversity. 

Night sounds, day sounds, pleasant sounds, unpleasant sounds.  Even silent sounds.  

Pondering the behavior of the critters.

Papa Rod prattles on and on about work done before eventually arriving at some thoughts about the valuation of that work, and of the equipment with which the work is done.

Papa Rod wages war on the thieving critters.

Papa Rod ponders what it might mean to examine himself before receiving the bread and the wine.

Pondering the way our family roles change as we grow up, and even pondering growing up.

Papa Rod grieves the loss of Selah, recounts pleasant memories, and shares gratitude for having family to share the emotions.

Papa Rod bids farewell to his faithful farm dog.  

Pondering whether we might have come to use only parts of ourselves as we wander through our day to day.

Pondering campfires again - and other sources of illumination.  

Pondering the benefits of hanging out with the trees.

Papa Rod wonders at how many individual birds might be in the yard.

Pondering the blessing of a body that is capable of a hard day's work.

Papa Rod pores over the susurration in his soul, and wonders at whether the trees relate. 

Papa Rod gets some help for the too heavy, and Uncle Scott breaks the John Deere mower!

Papa Rod is not only good at breaking stick tools - he's also very good at breaking mowers, and tractors, and trucks!

Selah and Papa Rod attack the way overgrown grass.  Papa Rod ponders the tall grass as a metaphor.

Pondering where the Climax is in this story of life.

Papa Rod and Selah get the last work done before heading back to real life.  

Papa Rod and Selah try to get some work done during Spring Break.  The Paschal Moon begins.

Papa Rod and Selah make it back to The Farmhouse for new adventures.

Gathering with family to give thanks is truly something to be thankful for.

Selah returns to The Farm after a hospital stay and turns into a puppy again.

The Family from afar gather into The Farmhouse Yard for a moment of beauty.  

Who we are is an amalgam of those who came before us.

Burnpiles can represent what was not to have been, and the evening rain can dowse the fires, and take the edge off the work.