Mr. Joe Ford lives somewhere in Alaska, as it says in the article in today's Guardian, he is vague about the area in which he lives but the story struck such a bell with her this morning.
For when she was young there was an man who was probably the same age as her parents but appeared much older. He lived in a large wooded area which was not far from where her family lived in the early '60s.
He made green wood furniture and sticks. He had a horse which, if he went anywhere, would go to a friend of her mother and this is how her family met Thomas.
Incredibly shy and well spoken, he had obviously experienced something that had made him walk away from a conventional way of life but what it was, her family never knew.
His work was extraordinarily beautiful, she wishes that she had the two seats and the table that he made for Constance but they were sold with the house when the family moved to East Kent. They would be absolutely perfect on the allotment.
She knows that his end was peaceful. The family that took care of his horse made him a home in a stable, apparently he refused, very politely, to live in the house.
He became unable to work because of arthritis in one of his hands and spent the last two years of his life on their farm being 'manny' to baby animals.
He was buried, with the owners permission, in the woods which he had loved.
Not everyone wants to live with 'stuff' and now it's about time she sorted out hers!
GeeGee Parrot.
January 14th , 2019.
For when she was young there was an man who was probably the same age as her parents but appeared much older. He lived in a large wooded area which was not far from where her family lived in the early '60s.
He made green wood furniture and sticks. He had a horse which, if he went anywhere, would go to a friend of her mother and this is how her family met Thomas.
Incredibly shy and well spoken, he had obviously experienced something that had made him walk away from a conventional way of life but what it was, her family never knew.
His work was extraordinarily beautiful, she wishes that she had the two seats and the table that he made for Constance but they were sold with the house when the family moved to East Kent. They would be absolutely perfect on the allotment.
She knows that his end was peaceful. The family that took care of his horse made him a home in a stable, apparently he refused, very politely, to live in the house.
He became unable to work because of arthritis in one of his hands and spent the last two years of his life on their farm being 'manny' to baby animals.
He was buried, with the owners permission, in the woods which he had loved.
Not everyone wants to live with 'stuff' and now it's about time she sorted out hers!
GeeGee Parrot.
January 14th , 2019.
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