county fairs
wind waves in the grass
six steps of acquaintance coincidence (inevitable)
all the kinds of clouds
old farm buildings
the first sight of a mountain
the Oregon Trail
the horizon
houses people can’t yet bear to tear down
small-town convenience stores
knowing delivery guys by name
the Pony Express reride
corn
cows
knowing which way the big airport is by the contrails
vague residency requirements for library cards
permanently parked farm equipment
hometown meat lockers
grain bins
combines
windbreaks
grain elevators
families born of school events/sports/livestock shows
thunderstorms
churches in the middle of nowhere
Sears homes
long, straight highways
seeing harvesters on the highway
E-911 addressing for when landmarks fail
many decades of same-family ownership
eagles
abandoned, wistful farmsteads
street dances
good fences
tractors
six steps of geographic coincidence (also inevitable)
directions via landmark
drivers waving at everyone
sunsets
Wardcraft homes
general churchgoingness
community pride
yard lights
broadband
people pulling together
state fairs
plowing bees
Google map farm visits
migratory birds
cookbooks
harvest
parks/wildlife areas/rec areas
summer festivals
freshly-turned dirt
solar wells
big farm shops
Baristas coffee
windmills
Victorian farmhouses
wildflowers
the fluidity of the term “neighbor”
volunteer fire departments
the Pony Express
really long trains
finding combiners on Google maps
water towers
seed corn dinners
Mill coffee
home-raised beef and pork for everyone
roadside markers
being on a first-name basis with teachers and preachers
foursquare farmhouses
lone trees
general tolerance for firearm ownership
that tuna is pretty much the only seafood
small-town cafés
creeks
small-town bars
wheat
sunrises
small-town retailers
general firearm ownership
hometown art/music/cultural talent
pasture visits
baby calves
folks’ general willingness to be a helper
people’s necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention-ness
pairs of trees
finding arrowheads/artifacts
general tolerance for churchgoingness
the night sky
pivot sprinklers
pickups
gravity irrigation
school buses
This Prairie Life. 
You saved the best for last! I kept hoping I’d see that included. The rest…❤️❤️❤️ (especially wheat)
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