April 20th……….“WHEN YOU WERE A TINY FARM BOY, DID YOU LIKE TO RUN AROUND YOUR FARM”?
POEM – “Energy’s Joy” by N. Elliott Noorlun ……..So often, as adults, we forget the pure and simple pleasures of childhood such as running as fast as the wind with unending energy and joy. I have tried to share some of those happy day feelings here.
It was a rarity to find little Elliott slowing down to sit on the front step of their farm home back in his high-energy days running around their farm.
There were the days, When I would run,
From morning’s rise, To setting sun.
And wave as I passed, While having fun,
Enjoying life’s energy!!!
And in those days, Before a remote,
No plastic little box, For us to tote,
Across the room, We’d RUN to note,
New TV station that we would see!!
Instead of running, little high-energy Elliott enjoys a bike ride on a pillow from big sister, Rosemary on their farm northwest of Kiester, Minnesota.
I may be only one oat seed in a field of millions, yet I have a story to share of beginnings on our beloved farm in southern Minnesota and beyond to life as I've seen it to this point. Famous? No. Gifted? Unlikely. Yet, I want to leave a legacy to my children and grandchildren of who this gentle Norwegian man was. My happy times, sad times, successes and failures. Someday, those who are tiny now, will have this volume to come to and get to know this Norwegian Farmer's Son.
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