Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

I have a hard-working neighbor, Art Berg. Art lives about a mile East of me on his beautiful farm. We became great friends over our common interest in our own version of antique tractors. I say version because he collects John Deere tractors while I collect Allis Chalmers tractors. In defense of Art’s poor choice to collect John Deere tractors, he has also acquired a couple Allis Chalmers tractors, too. Maybe there is hope for him.
A few weeks ago, Art and his son, Daniel, started building a long piece of rail fencing around the entrance to his farm. Progress stalled when Art’s health reduced his strength and mobility. The diagnosis is bone cancer. While this diagnosis is very serious, Art declares he is going to fight and defeat it. I bet he does.
His family saw Thanksgiving as an opportunity to get together and support them. They traveled from their Western Washington homes to spend the holiday with their parents. They came prepared to to work on the fence.
When Doug D’Avis, Assad Altayer and myself heard that the family was planning to work on the fence, we raised our hand to pitch in. The day went very well. The entire fence is done except some trim work. That will likely be completed today.
This Thanksgiving will go down as one of my favorites. Thanksgiving Day was superb, as I wrote about, yesterday. It is equally memorable because of the warmth of the shared effort. Art, you are loved! We are praying for you!