Pam Smith:  

Over to my right, Classmates.com has suggested that I include in my story something that would surprise everyone at a high school reunion. Would it surprise you to know that if you drop in to visit, you might find me milking cows and making artisan cheese with classical music in the background? If not, it should. Milking cows was very close to the bottom of the list of things I intended to do in this life. Forty-two years of life with my would-be farmer has brought such activities to the top of the list. I can make this even more entertaining - I also garden (organic), can, freeze, quilt, sew, bake/cook, and make like the Little Red Hen - grind my wheat to bake my bread. If that were not bad enough, I also teach others to do the same and sell equipment and supplies to those who are moving back to the country to live like we do. You will be relieved to know that we sometimes wash-up and take the buckboard to Nashville to enjoy dinner and a concert in the high-rent district! It might be the symphony or country music. (The "buckboard" is the only lie.) We live about 60 miles northwest of Nashville near Erin, TN. I'm sure everybody remembers the foo...Expand for more