Book Excerpt: Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam (May-Day)
>From the book: Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam (trade
paperback; Sept. 2004) LeAnn R. Ralph http://ruralroute2.com
~ 5 ~ May-Day!
The school bus had long since disappeared over the last hill
toward the main road one afternoon when I set my books on the
kitchen table and hurried into the living room to talk to my
mother.
Mom was sitting in her favorite easy chair by the picture
window, and her crutches were laid neatly on the floor next to
the chair where she could reach them.
Outside the window, the air was so clear everything shimmered
and sparkled. The fence posts. The plum trees. The lilacs. But
even though the sun was shining and the grass was as green as
the bottle of food coloring in the kitchen cupboard, a chilly
wind blew out of the west. I would never tell her so, but I was
glad my mother had insisted I put on my red button-down sweater
before I left for school this morning.