A TRIBUTE TO A PENNSYLVANIA FARMER (A TRUE STORY ABOUT A MAN I NEVER MET)

摘要

It was a hot day late in June as Ben and Chip and I stopped for a breather. We were skidding fir and larch logs to the landing and things were not going very well. Ben, the younger gelding, had been acting up quite a bit and was getting more and moreannoyed with horse flies as the day got warmer. I was getting mad at Ben and wondered what I should do to get him to behave. I couldn't afford many foul-ups as I was behind at the bank. But somehow Ben didn't seem to appreciate that fact. I sat down fora moment to rest and wondered how a man of 42 years of age coulcl end up logging with a stubborn horse in the forests of British Columbia in 1988. Instantly, my mind began to race back to a time 30 years earlier and 2500 miles away, and to a man who, unknowingly, had a profound influence on my life.