archival find #51

By Jacqueline Jackson

[
          
            {
              "name": "Air - MedRect Combo - Inline Content 1",
              "component": "11490391",
              "insertPoint": "3",
              "requiredCountToDisplay": "1",
              "parentWrapperClass": "fdn-ads-inline-content-block"
            },{
              "name": "Air - MedRect Combo - Inline Content 2",
              "component": "11490392",
              "insertPoint": "7",
              "requiredCountToDisplay": "5",
              "parentWrapperClass": "fdn-ads-inline-content-block"
            },{
              "name": "Air - MedRect Combo - Inline Content 3",
              "component": "11490393",
              "insertPoint": "12",
              "requiredCountToDisplay": "9",
              "parentWrapperClass": "fdn-ads-inline-content-block"
            }
          
        ]

good neighbors can still dispute:
my grandma and mrs smith argued
year after year which farm owned
the fanning-mill which rotated twixt
the two places I never heard the
ins and outs of the conflict but
I do know this: when the
fearsome storms of `78 struck,
our barn east of the dairy blew
down there was only crawl space
to get inside; I and a friend snuck
under the precarious roof and eased
out two items, my dad's aluminum
canoe and a fanning mill; an hour
later the settling roof would have
splat us flat but now we know
which farm ended up with the
fanning mill, not that it had had
any use for fifty or more years

2022 Jacqueline Jackson

Illinois Times has provided readers with independent journalism for almost 50 years, from news and politics to arts and culture.

Your support will help cover the costs of editorial content published each week. Without local news organizations, we would be less informed about the issues that affect our community..

Click here to show your support for community journalism.