We all have the stuff that we do at about the same time every year. Then as the years roll around we can gage where we are. So we ask ourselves, “Am I doing this earlier, or later than last year? It is normal? Or, is this year way different than before?”
This year harvest is a good two weeks earlier than last year. You can tell that the farmers are both giddy about how much they’ve got done already, and, scared about what kind of winter we’re gonna get this year.
We’ve been living and driving in the corn alleys since mid-June. Now, the corn walls are coming down. And we’re having to get used to the wide open spaces once again. Our brains are having to readjust to this new view that stretches all the way to the horizon.
Meanwhile farm families are zoned in on the multiple steps that it takes to get the crops tucked in at the elevator or grain bin. All available resources and time are funneled toward this one month harvest effort. The work of an entire year culminates now.
Farm family or not, harvest effects us all. You can feel the invisible urgency in the air. And with the early harvest we’re all turning our attention to the pending winter earlier than ever.
God be with us in this time of transition between seasons. Will this year’s October be more like last year’s November? Stay tuned!
Grace & Peace,
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