They Doubted His Pine Trees Until Nineteen Eighty Eight Proved Him Right

rabbits from chewing them. Every year, Miller’s Bend laughed. In 1983, a group of boys hung a cardboard sign on his fence. Tom took it down and used the cardboard to start the stove. In 1984, someone entered a jar of pine needles in the county fair vegetable competition under his name.

Emily came home red-eyed and angry that day. “They all laughed. continue reading …