Big Love

I work with some real bonafide mothers here at at Acorus Restoration, a native plant nursery and ecological restoration in Walsingham, Ontario. When my big city friends ask, I says these ladies are small-town and live in a little bubble like and that they sure as hell can tell great stories and boy do they love to talk all day and gossip. My friends think I'm talking bad about them but I'm not. These women here, they pour all their love and energy, and there's a lot of it let me tell ya, into them bubbles, their family and their community and their homes and it's nice to be around. They know their plants and the conservation areas and concession roads, and they recognise all the bird calls and love their dogs, they know who's dating who and who's marriage is having problems and who's got high blood pressure now and who they just seen the other day working at the pizza place and who's doing drugs. I ain't saying they're perfect, they've got their prejudices too like everyone else but they're fussy about living right. And they care a plenty. City folk like to look down on country folk, call them rednecks and hicks, but there's a lot to be said for loving where you're from and taking care of it.