I think that is a lovely delusion. I am there. I have the eighty acres, the barn, the quonset hut, the horse, barncats, tiller, ...

I wanted to get a goat but my friends said be prepared to see the goat standing on top of your car so I decided to get a donkey because they are protective and will kill coyotes. Still might get one, I hope I don't get in over my head. In the spring I plan to get a half dozen guinea chicks because they are very territorial and make good "watch dogs". Let's see what else had I intended. At one moment I was going to grow shitake mushrooms because I have the oak trees but finally decided it would be risky without having a buyer and I wasn't sure how to go about that. I debated growing pines for Christmas trees. I was going to grow vegetables to sell. There are so many things I was going to do. The only profit I actually have in my farm is hardwood timber and natural gas, things that don't require much attention.

A few years ago I made a blue and gold costume for one of my model horses resembling WVU school colors. It was okay but at the time I thought it was beyond awesome and thought I should buy a hundred model horses and make a hundred costumes and sell them at the university bookstore and on ebay. Yeah delusions of grandeur, I've got 'em.