Dismissed For Lacking A Degree, I Let My Life Speak For Itself – The Archivist

how to identify soil horizons in a vineyard, my phone buzzed.

They’re raiding the house.

I leaned against the truck, vineyard around us bare in winter light. Noah poked at the earth with a small trowel, delighted when he spotted a worm.

“What’s a raid?” he asked.

“Nothing you need to worry about. Focus on the worms, buddy.”

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