Thursday, June 21, 2018

plowing~~~guest blogger


Gentlereader, now that the garden is tilled  and for a time, at least, the big jobs are done.   This piece on Clifton Clowers came to mind,  thinking of the many hours he spent plowing and cultivating, both of which lend themselves to random contemplation.  I say random, because tools are sometimes sharp and potentially dangerous in many ways so  best to keep at least part of one attention on the job at hand.





Jim Burns
Here is one of the "greatest generation" people who made this country great. This is a picture of Clifton Clowers plowing his field at the age of 100. Clowers... was the subject of a Merle Kilgore hit song called "Wolverton Mountain." Mr. Clowers lived to be 102 (1891 - 1994) where he actually lived and farmed that land on Wolverton Mountain. A solid American who was just who he was, although he rubbed shoulders with a lot of famous people after the song was written about him.
That's the kind of man I want to be! Just be me, warts and all, a responsible human being plowing my own field. These were the men who made America great, we need a lot more of them today. Hey, plow your own field. That's what Clifton Clowers did.





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