Ouch! Oldest Family Farm in U.S. For Sale

This hurts me someplace I can't quite pinpoint.

Chesterton offers some helpful perspective;

"Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having the normal occupation of looking after his own property. When he chooses a trade, he chooses one of the ten thousand trades that involve looking after other people's property." - Commonwealth 10-12-32

"Making the landlord and the tenant the same person has certain advantages, as that the tenant pays no rent, while the landlord does a little work." - "Hudge and Gudge," What's Wrong with the World

"You can't have the family farm without the family." - Tales of the Long Bow

Special Thanks to The American Chesterton Society for the quotes

Comments

[Jeff Hendrix]

I agree, Bro Tim. My maternal grandfather homesteaded in Montana, having taken my grandmother (whose wedding band has resided upon my 3rd left finger for 32 years) there in the sidecar of an Indian motorcycle. He retired to a 120-acre farm in Michigan that I roamed and helped on during the summers as a boy.

My cancer precludes my dreams of similarly owning a farm (or an inn like Barliaman Butterbur's Prancing Pony), but small is beautiful seems the earthly hope of all hobbit-like persons like myself. Alas, but TLBC keeps the vision alive. Cheers