This book first caught my eye when I spotted it over at Under My Apple Tree . I love these true life farm stories. It takes me back to those days when I wanted to live in the land of “The Little House On the Prairie” instead of the sometimes scary city where I grew up. 

As expected, I enjoyed this audiobook from the very beginning. It’s a little bit quirky and the author, who is also a poet, has a wondrous talent for description. He was born with a condition he calls “middlesex” (perhaps slang taken from this book that I never finished?). He was told he wouldn’t live to be forty but he proved them wrong because he’s well past that now. He needed hormone therapy and as a child clothing bothered his skin. At least this is what he uses as an excuse when he tells tales of himself wandering his property in only his nudie pants. I believe his childhood and health condition are the reason why even on his bad days he seems to embrace life and enjoy every moment. He is mindful of his surroundings and listening to him might make you long for a life lived closer to the soil. His love for his 10 acre farm and everyone near him really comes through in his memoir and before I knew it, I realized was nearly finished the 11 + hour audio and could’ve easily have listened to 11 hours more.

“Each of us holds within us the homeland of our dreams and this is mine.”