Rural Reflections

As a high-school student, I learned early that harvest and other fall activities were sometimes at odds. One fall day after football practice, I had planned to go with a friend to the John Cougar Mellencamp concert. Unfortunately, I found that my dad had called the high school and told them I had to come home instead of going to the concert. The combine had broken down and I had to milk cows while dad fixed the combine. Today, harvest and school are less at odds with each other and actually have something in common, a connection between patience and safety.