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Because early farm families did not
have community trash service or landfills,
they buried their refuse all over their land.
Pottery and china would have added minerals
to garden soil. It makes sense that perhaps
they were put there on purpose. Whatever
the reason, the vegetables in my cellar
sucked some of those minerals
into their cells as they grew and
ripened. When I eat my green
beans, corn and tomatoes, I am
swallowing shadows of a time now
long past.
We have also turned up other items
all over our farm. I found a treasure trove of
discarded medicine bottles in the middle of our front
40 one day when we were excavating for a new fence.
I have dug old toys out of the creek bank and the cast
iron top to a parlor stove revealed itself next to our
driveway after a heavy rain.
Last spring, I unearthed a small,
red, rubber car with yellow wheels in
my flower bed. Research led to the discovery
that it would have been made in the
'50s. My grandchildren are doing their best to
leave their own clues for the next generation.
They drop toys and balls all over the farm.
The ones I have found are often half
buried by advancing sod. It won't
take long for them to disappear altogether.
Who will find them and
wonder how they got there?
As I turn to leave the cellar, a
pretty jar lid slides out of my bowl
and clatters to the floor. I decide to kick it under
one of the shelves and bury it for the next generation.
Someday, a woman will find it and puzzle over
this clue hidden by another woman who once stood in
this doorway thinking deep thoughts about the stories
other women left behind.
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