I grew up on a farm in western Pennsylvania -- and I think that farm life (at least as my father practiced it) was a strong introduction to mathematics. Counting, calculating, predicting -- and, most of all, problem-solving -- prepared me for studies and for a complex world. Today is the anniversary of my parents' marriage -- on August 24, 1939 -- and an important occasion for looking back!
Last weekend I visited the farm (Meadow Lane Farm, now a golf course) and my rememberings drew me to this years-ago poem (previously posted here)
"Things to Count On" was included in my chapbook collection, My Dance is Mathematics -- now out of print but available online here. AND here is link to the results of a blog search for farm.
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