View from the North 40: Ode to my barn, the home of treasures

There is something about a barn that speaks to the soul, and I’m not just saying that because I have one — or rather I have both — a barn and a soul.

I’ve been working on my barn recently, and it’s given me a lot of time to think on the topic.

Barns are kind of the poster children of rural living, literally the image of rural living. I googled it.

Actually, I did an image search for the term bucolic. The word means “relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life” says Oxford Languages. You get the picture, and that’s what I was looking for, the pictu...