As I'm sitting here this morning, enjoying a cup of coffee, watching the rain roll in, and listening to the dog snore (very loudly!) I thought I'd give a little bit of history to our farm's name. A few years ago, maybe five or six, a TV show was airing called The Sword of Truth series. It started out really well, and we all enjoyed it, until we realized it was based on a book series. Being nerdy people, we started reading the books and realized how lame the show really was. I guess a LOT of people felt the same way, and after realizing how badly the books had been ruined when turned into a TV show, the viewership sunk and the show bombed. We kept reading the books. Terry Goodkind is the author, and he puts out a new one every year or two. They're a lot fantasy and magic, a little romance, sword play, kings, wizards & monsters, with a very Libertarian thought process. My whole family loves them!
In the book, early on, is mentioned a type of tree, a very old, very tall pine tree, usually found along a path or trail, the outer limbs of the tree are long and wide, they hang all the way to the ground and they cover each other so well that the interior of the tree is dry and sheltered, a perfect place to shelter for the night or hide from enemies. We don't exactly have a "pine" tree like that on our property, it's a cedar tree, but it has many of the characteristics, and the first time the kids saw it, that's what they called it. The photo in the background of my blog is of OUR Wayward Pine in winter. It's also symbolic of how we view our new piece of property, a shelter in the storms of life, a place to feel secure. I hope everyone's home can be a Wayward Pine in their lives. Enjoy the day!
Sounds like a wonderful idea. May need to check into that book series as well.
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