From The Farm: Memoirs Of A Michigan Country Girl: Entry #1
As promised, The Donkey shares some of The Wife’s intimate journal memories and stories from her childhood experiences on a rural Michigan farm. Grammatical errors and farm-talk left in for effect. (Read the original debate: Down on The Farm?)
June 13
It’s another dang hot day! Ma cooked up some grits for breakfast. The day was uneventful until Pa’s overalls came undone again and fell around his ankles. Jed and Beth-Anne laughed like a couple of stuck pigs. I had to admit that it was funny, but my mind was on somethin’ else. New neighbors just moved in and they have something called a television. I climbed up their tree and watched through their window for hours until it was time to come home. The program wasn’t all that interesting though. It was about this girl who lived on a farm with her Pa, Ma, and two sisters. There was this mean girl named Nellie who bothered her. Why don’t someone just come to our farm and make a program? We’re just as interesting.
The new neighbor boy is cute and named Ezekiel. I think he likes me. I climbed down the tree and we talked for 10 minutes. He even let me drink out of the family well. I think somethin’ special is happening.
4 Responses to “From The Farm: Memoirs Of A Michigan Country Girl: Entry #1”
Oh good grief. I was all excited to actually get to see a piece of The Wife’s life. Silly me.
By Nancy Sabina on Nov 3, 2008
this reminds me of huck finn
By scarlette on Nov 3, 2008
i am outraged at the insinuation that this entry is fabricated. Let it be known to all that I have indeed seen the entry above as it presently reads in the wife’s journal from her childhood. I know for sure this is authentic.
By phillyz on Nov 3, 2008
ok. i am usually one the wife’s side…but this is hilarious! dangerous for the donkey…but hilarious to me.
By carterwagon on Nov 3, 2008