Furrows Of Life

The narrow way leading up to the farm from the main road had a gate, so cattle could not wander off on to the main road getting. The way had three furrows two caused by narrow cartwheel, and one- much wider- from the horse´s hoofs. Deep furrows meant a hard-working farm. The landscape was flat and often windy and on my way to school I tried to walk where the horses had trod the soil was softer there and the horseshoe patterns told me if it had been a small or big horse that last had pulled a cart here and if the load had been heavy A knowledge that was totally useless and I often wonder why I remember it so clearly, like a black& white photo. Lately I have been remembering these ways and its users I often think if there is a message here I have overlooked.