Sunday, October 26, 2008
"Farmer Boy"
Turkey, Texas, 1993. I had published my first book of country poems and rented a booth at Bob Wills Day. Along comes a guy looking for a place to sit and rest, and I made a new friend, Lin Wilson from Ohio. He visited awhile, bought a book, went out to his car and read the whole thing, then came back for more visiting. He was also a writer and promised to send a copy of his book, "Farmer Boy." We have been corresponding ever since.
Lin was the youngest of 13 children, and is now the only one still living, age 80. He and wife Mary did a lot of traveling as long as they were able, but that day in Turkey was the only time I ever saw him. I'm sorry I never met Mary, as she is one of my heroes, a nurse. Lin also did volunteer work at the nursing home where she served her fellow man until just a few years ago.
Lin wrote a newspaper column, mostly about things he saw from his window, or memories from childhood on the small Ohio farm. I have some of his columns, plus letters and e-mails, which I cherish because we seem to have so much in common. He likes to read my poems about Texas rattlesnakes to his grandchildren.
I hope you have a special friend like Lin Wilson who is proud to be a "Farmer Boy."
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
cgtrent@att.net
Lin was the youngest of 13 children, and is now the only one still living, age 80. He and wife Mary did a lot of traveling as long as they were able, but that day in Turkey was the only time I ever saw him. I'm sorry I never met Mary, as she is one of my heroes, a nurse. Lin also did volunteer work at the nursing home where she served her fellow man until just a few years ago.
Lin wrote a newspaper column, mostly about things he saw from his window, or memories from childhood on the small Ohio farm. I have some of his columns, plus letters and e-mails, which I cherish because we seem to have so much in common. He likes to read my poems about Texas rattlesnakes to his grandchildren.
I hope you have a special friend like Lin Wilson who is proud to be a "Farmer Boy."
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
cgtrent@att.net
