From The Farm: Memoirs Of A Michigan Country Girl: Entry #2
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?)
April 26
It’s a beautiful day today. Me and Liza-Jane chased frogs up and down the crick. It was great fun. Then we pretended that Sampson was Paul Bunyon and he chased us up and down the crick. Ma got mad because I forgot to churn the butter and it spoilt. I think my birthday is coming up soon. Pa said isn’t until the winter, but I think he’s foolin’. I hope I get one of those hula-hoops so I can stop trying to spin that old bike tire around my waist. It just don’t feel good and it roons my Wranglers. Later tonight we’re gonna have a neighborhood hoedown. I think Ezekiel is gonna be there. I’m fixin to kiss him if he lets me. Ma wouldn’t never allow it, but I say, “Why not?” A country girl ain’t gonna wait forever for love.
3 Responses to “From The Farm: Memoirs Of A Michigan Country Girl: Entry #2”
it is nice to get a glimpse into the wife’s early life, it helps see what made her who she is today
By phillyz on Nov 17, 2008
Okay, is it just me who thinks Donkey is full of excrement with these “Memoirs of a Michigan Country Girl”?
There’s no way that a 20th century child writes like this in a journal, country raised or no.
I think he’s plagiarizing Laura Engles Wilder.
The Wife is a saint for putting up with him.
By Dameon on Nov 18, 2008
I personally love reading these memoirs. Keep posting them. They help me dream of what my life could have been.
By Ryan on Nov 19, 2008