I thought I started the Round Barn book by telling Grampa when I was 15 that I was going to write it – I’m not quite finished with it yet. But I’ve just found in an old notebook from my room at the farm that I wrote, at 13, a note to myself saying “Grampa I am going to give you a book of my drawings for Christmas. I will call it ‘Being on the Farm’” This one I really followed through on. I have that little book with a cover I made in art class. A few of the drawings I like are of myself; the ones I did of others are mostly sloppy cartoons of detasseling. I wish I’d tried to draw Grampa. But here are a few of mine:
Nice, Jackie. Keep at it–we want to see that fourth volume! I initially thought your first drawing looked like an egg wearing glasses. A bit later, I realized it was the other end.