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| Rick and Steve Wright |
The long-awaited memoir is published and available now on Amazon.com.
Worcester's Winter Hill Farm is a visit to my life as a young urban farmer. We had crops, farm animals, pleasure horses, and acres of mystery just past the stone wall. My brother and sisters experienced the farm life too, but I'm sure they got something different out of it than I did.
Throughout my life, when I reflected on why things happened or why I felt the way I do about something, I have found that it often reflects on what life was like for me as a boy on the farm. It was a strange farm, as it was only minutes from the downtown of the second largest city in New England: Worcester, Mass. We had acres of land and forests that we never found the far edge of in all the years we lived there.
As small boys, my brother and I explored but never found the full limit of the area. And then, within minutes we would be downtown like my friends, walking from shop to shop with our Mother, buying back-to-school clothes in sprawling department stores such as Denholm and McKay or Jordan Marsh and Company. Our visits to New Hampshire and Cape Cod, plus treks to family in Brooklyn, made the unique features of our home on the farm all the more intriguing for us.
If you have sharp eyes, you can make out a portion of the sign over Steve's shoulder. (Click on the photo to enlarge it). The painted sign hung over the barn door. You can clearly see "Hill," which is part of the whole sign: Winter Hill Farm. On the left edge of the photo, over my right shoulder is the back porch to the farmhouse. This was the main entrance as the staircase to the second floor went directly up from the back hall.
After you enjoy reading Worcester's Winter Hill Farm you can read another one of my books. One of the books is about all of the rural independent bookstores in New England you can visit that are near typical vacation locations - and are among my favorites. It's called A Vacationer's Guide to Rural New England Bookstores. I have been to all of them and made purchases at all of them. The other book is my assessment about why humankind is as messed up as it appears. I boil it down to the misrepresentation by religious prophets over the centuries about how and why the world exists and operates. Going to a priest, minister, or guru is surely the worst path to enlightenment. How did this situation emerge; you may be shocked to learn it's your fault for listening to The World's Seven Biggest Liars.
For some lighter reading, visit my other blog (see link below). It's always a fun read.
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