Sunday, April 01, 2007

Truesdell's Farm

I'd like to jot some things down here about the owner of this farm I work on for future reflection. Gary Truesdell, owner and current "operations manager" if you will, of Truesdell's Farm. This man has'nt a clue about really anything other than what he does. The internet is nothing more than something he hears about on the rock n roll station he leaves on while working. Haha its so great knowing there is no chance he'll ever read this. If he was one I'd call him a dumbshit piece of crap bastard. Truth is tho he's a good guy. He runs around and completes his regimen every morning like clcok work. When i first asked him if I can help out he was like "there aint no sick days here" Chuckle Chuckle. Took like 4 tries until I convinced him to let me work there. What I respect most about this guy is his roots. Since 1749 his family has been milking cows. Which is now nearly completely automated. We dont actually milk the cows. His origins are apparant. Next to the barn on his 700 acre property, which is on Truesdell Rd, rests his parents and many generations marked with tombstones. One of them, Eleanor Truesdell, is the closest to my car where I park it behind the barn so they cant see it. It reads Eleanor Truesdell 1812-1869. The holacaust smeared my family origins all over poland and germany. Their extremely simple, modest and hard working people. Its people like them that live and die unnoticed. They do only what tehy know how to do and thats farm. I wake very early and contemplate daily why the fuck I bust my ass for free in this place. Certain aspects of it seem insane for me to do. I, however, have always been very practical. I have tried many times to join gyms and ended up making donations to them as i never actually went or when I did I would chat it up with someone I know and leave early. Here, just like in the military you have a regimen and you must do your job or the livestock die. You shovel shit, you carry and spread heavy loads of hay for the cows, you sweep to make sure the area beneath the cows and all is clean, I go around with and constantly fill a wheel barrel with sawdust that i scoop with a shovel and throw around and under each cow. Its tough but its a great workout and I love gaining knowledge.

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