PRESSED BETWEEN THE PAGES: Before the leaves fall

“The corn looks good, but it isn’t worth anything until it is safe in the granary.” Our father’s solemn statement as he checked the fields is pressed between the pages of my mind. Weather and machinery breakdowns often made the harvest season rather intense, but every fall there was an urgency. Get the crops in.

.Mom and her daughters worked to bring in the last of the garden crops. Apples were can…