Walking a Country Road

By Audrey E. Simonson

Drawing inspiration from the sights and sounds around her as she walked the country road past her house, Audrey E. Simonson reflects on the impact of nature on our lives...if we let it. Some of her essays are thought-provoking, some humorous. All are designed to help the reader understand nature and our place within it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664132603

Audrey E. Simonson

Writing has been a hobby for most of her life, with poetry her favorite means of communication. She likes writing stories that adults will enjoy reading aloud to children. “To me, writing a story with rhyming verses means that I’ve found a voice that children and adults can read aloud…almost as if it were a song.”

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This book is a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.

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Rev. date: 11/13/2020

Special thanks – Candace and Chris

Photos by Audrey E. Simonson

Cover Photo American Images, Marshfield, WI

To

Marge and Polly

who walked that same country road

Author’s Note

I started writing about the things I saw and heard while walking our country road. The oat field was first, then the birds trying to drive me away from their territory. Most were written in the 1990s and early 2000’s. Later, I thought about all the other roads in my life as I sorted my mother’s photos. Those essays have been written in the past year, 2020.

This book is not arranged chronologically. After the introduction of the places I’ve lived, the essays are arranged from late winter through summer to autumn – autumn in Iowa and the autumn of my life.

It has been a good life and God has blessed me with great family and friends. My hope is that you will look at nature and life about you and thank God for all He has created.

Contents

1 Evolution of a Country Road

2 Country School House #275

3 The Farm on the 1940’s Road

4 Farmstead in Minnesota c. 1955

5 The Road Into