Archive for August, 2010
My Precious
For the past fifteen years I’ve worked at a cheese processing factory without incident—until last week. I was taking off my gloves to go on break and my wedding band came off with them. I reached out quickly to try to grab it, but it was too late; it had fallen into one of the massive vats.
I immediately ran downstairs to shut off the machine and try to retrieve the jewelry. The ring isn’t expensive, but it’s been in my family for six generations, so it has some substantial sentimental value. Luckily the stainless steel strainer in the bottom of the vat caught the ring and my family’s precious heirloom was preserved.
Our Burgeoning Dairy Endeavor
A few years ago my wife and I sold our home in the Hamptons and decided to purchase a small farm in our home state of Nebraska. After living in suburban areas for most of our lives, we were ready to reconnect with the pastoral pleasures of the Midwest. Since we’re getting older now, we didn’t want the full rigors of farm life, but we didn’t want to be sedentary all day either.
The homestead came with a small barn, so we decided to focus on raising cows and creating our own dairy products. As I said, we didn’t want much work, so we only bought enough cows to supply ourselves and some of the locals with milk and other dairy products. We started out with the basics, but our small enterprise has blossomed and we recently invested in some new cheese processing equipment.