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Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm
2012 Column Contest Winner
Matthew James called his bank the other day. A woman answered and said, “Well hi, Matt. How’s your mom been?” This is both comforting and disconcerting. That is his life now. After 15 years away, a writer returns to the corn farm where he grew up and the small-town life that most of America left behind. He might be the only person with tickets to see Louis C.K. in San Francisco who doesn’t know how he’s getting there. And by “there,” he means an airport.
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March 29, 2013Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: Where I Left Conservatives
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February 20, 2013Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: Teach the Kids Good
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January 17, 2013Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: The Home of My Demise
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December 18, 2012Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: Season’s Ramblings
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November 26, 2012Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: Hi Mom
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November 9, 2012Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: Small Town Living
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October 19, 2012Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: Harvest Blues
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October 3, 2012Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: The Truck Stops Here
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September 12, 2012Tractors Drive Themselves: One Man’s Return to the Farm: The Feeling We ARE in Kansas
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