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the corner of the past and progress
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the disappearing family farm
ON THE CORNER OF PROGRESS AND THE PAST CF Cook copywrite 2001 Sitting under the elm that still stands on what was a show place farm. I watch the traffic race past, am I the only one who fears future's harm? This piece of fertile ground lays hollow, a pasture laid to rest. The farmhouse already gone, nothing lives here, nothing comes to nest. Last week I watched a squirrel forage for food, now it rests permanently on the road. Just run it down one more time. No one stops to move it, no one could be so bold. The progress is spreading from across the road, a gas station and car wash have sprouted up. Land that grows is not worth land that is paved, we cannot stop progress we'll go belly-up. The farmhouse next door is vacant and waiting to be sold. I am not sure if I want to see the rest of progress unfold.

Reviewed by Sara Coslett

Reviewed on August 9, 2008

It is a sad state, no doubt, but it has more to do with a growing population than progress. If people would stop making babies, there wouldn't be a need to build in places that used to be farms. ~ Sara

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Reviewed on August 5, 2008

Being illuded that progress is something positive, it is not. We had a stable just up the street and I so enjoyed walking over from time to time and to see the horses with their riders prancing around in the field behind us, but it is all gone now and a housing development has been built, another association surrounded in brick walls. All I can see now is the roof tops and the sky, no more the sound of horses to wake up to. You have captured the moment well....

Be always safe,
Karen