Peter Feldstein
2007
Ed Cox
[The Oxford Project]

Inkjet print
Welcome Books
I used to like to go coon hunting. My dad started me out when I was four. I taught my own boys how to coon hunt, too.
 
Farmers used to hire me to run their balers. I've hauled lime, rock, and sand. I also farmed. I grew corn, oats, and beans. I've done mechanic work, too. I once drove a semi. Nowadays, all I do is mow, rake, and bale hay. But I keep busy. I work my son's farm. He's got sixty-five head of sheep.
 
The wife and I have been married for sixty-one years. We argue once in a while, but you've got to have 'em every now and then.
 
We go to church every Sunday. We have six kids, and no one has left the church.
 
I'm on oxygen now. I think it has something to do with all the bean and hog dust. They say it's bad on your lungs.
 
Sometimes I go down to the Sale Barn and have a cup of coffee with some of the guys. I also like to have a beer at Old Roy's.
 
I guess I've done everything I've wanted to do.
 
Ed Cox
 
From The Oxford Project. Welcome Books. Photographs © 2008 Peter Feldstein.
Text © 2008 Stephen G. Bloom. www.theoxfordproject.com
 
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