“I've been writing about my boyhood, when I was a little kid back on my grandfather's farm where we didn't know about black widow spiders or all that stuff. But writing about that is so easy.” KnowsWritingLittlesKidsEasyStuffBlackFarmsGrandfatherLittle KidSpidersMy GrandfatherWidowsBoyhoodBlack Widow Author:Kary Mullis
“I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.” PeopleWantWritingBlackLandHanging OutFarmsColonyCarolinaAcresNorth CarolinaCabinsAll BlackTractorsNudists Author:Zach Galifianakis
“Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just littleAnd the door ain't sprung on her electric rangeThat little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too badFolks are doing away with the simple things.” LittlesDoneHomeUsedBlackSimpleDoorsCooksFarmsElectricSimple ThingsSprungMommaKettles Author:Dolly Parton
“Dawn crept over the Downs like a sinister white animal, followed by the snarling cries of a wind eating its way between the black boughs of the thorns. The wind was the furious voice of this sluggish animal light that was baring the dormers and mullions and scullions of Cold Comfort Farm.” WayLightBlackVoiceWhiteAnimalCryWindColdComfortEatingDawnFarmsThornsFuriousSinisterSluggishSnarlingCold Comfort Farm Book:Cold comfort farm Source: Cold comfort farm
“Each day when you see us black folk upon the dusty land of your farm or upon the hard pavement of your city streets, you usually take it for granted and think you know us, but our history is far stranger than you suspect, and we are not what we seem.” ThinkingKnowsHardSeemsBlackJusticeCitiesStreetsLandDiversitySocial JusticeFolksStrangerGrantedEach DaySuspectsFarmsPavementCity Streets Author:Richard Wright