If you have followed along with our farm adventures for a while, then you will remember that a couple of years ago, I made the decision to start writing a book. Many of you urged me onward, and so, I gave it a try. Seven chapters in, I ran out of steam. I was fearful that there was nothing interesting enough to add to what I had already written in order to have enough for a book. I also feared that what I wrote would not be good enough to sell a book. And so I stopped. Now, I must also tell you that I carry guilt for having stopped. I have never been one to give up on anything, and there is a part of me that feels like a failure with this project.
But then, I consider the fact that I spend a good portion of time, daily, writing a blog, taking photographs, and making and editing videos, so my guilt is assuaged, for the most part. Still... there are words that I have painstakingly, and lovingly written that have never been read.
So, today I am posting one chapter... just to share with you. As time goes on, I will post all of the chapters that I have written so that my writing was not in vain. I am, however, committed to the discipline of daily writing on my blog and...