Date
8-9-2024
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Chair
Sandra Smith
Keywords
farm, chickens, goats, animal husbandry, family, memoir, homesteading
Disciplines
Creative Writing | English Language and Literature
Recommended Citation
Dow, Virginia Payne, "“His” Gentleman’s Farm" (2024). Masters Theses. 1187.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/1187
Abstract
Based on our farming experiences in rural Maine, this memoir relates a personal narrative of gardening and animal husbandry. The idea and passion for this gentleman’s farm project was solely my husband Mark’s, but due to his expanding work schedule, the execution of it fell largely on my shoulders. The narrative follows our exploits on the farm, beginning with that first experimental year. Nearly forty years later, Mark decided to try again. However, like our original farming venture, the gentleman’s farm that was supposed to be completely Mark’s project has become another shared adventure. The memoir comes full circle, showing the work, the frustrations, and the joys of laboring together, regardless of whose passion initiates the project.
