On the Land, We Shoot Straight

On the Land, We Shoot Straight

Author: Sasha Avice Listening Length: 8h 2m

“I ain’t no expert on what gets a man spooked. But I reckon if you ever wanna talk on it, well then… I reckon I’m all right at listenin’.” Grady’s been running his ranch and farm just fine on his own since his daddy died. But when young Jesse Cole blows up on his porch, Grady hesitates before sending him on. The...

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t was a quiet month after that. As the rain started in steady earnest with light drizzles before charging into proper rainfall worth checking the gauge over, Grady and Cole caught up on as many chores and repairs as they could before the winter storms kept them inside with their prayers for a good harvest. Grady reckoned even the land was breathing a sigh of relief on account of some real rains coming, the fears of another drought firmly put to rest for this year at least.

On one such day, Cole gave Grady a look like he wanted to say something.

Grady saw it over his shoulder as he changed the oil in the shearing clippers and then looked back to his task. Cole was working on the one beside him.