[perl4ever]

My grandparents had a farm, and while it was sold (in the 1950s) before I was born, just having the connection and hearing about it from family members keeps me from romanticizing it like people are wont to do after a few generations. None of their four kids took up farming, and that alone tells you something. It's a hard life, and my grandfather died from an accident while working on farm equipment, as people do.