Horse trails

School

I worked at a barn not far from my reserve. The mother and wife hung out with me a lot

We would go kill deadly weeds in pastures

We got to talking

She told me a story about how she grew up here

They had to ride their horses to school kms away.

You had no choice but to hold on and ride

Then we made a connection

My great grandpa worked for her parents

She made a choke cherry pie

She forgot to deseed the cherries

When she handed the pie out is when she realized her mistake

Everyone left their piece of pie except my great grandpa

He picked every seed out and still ate the whole slice

Then he told her it was delicious

This humbled me to learn how Stoney’s are humble people

I love talking, I guess I’m a writer because of it.

2011