On figures of speech.

(It's the first post to a new blog. Of course it sucks. It breaks the ice like an ice fisherman who tries to stretch the season too long.)

There are a lot of figures of speech that, when living on a farm, turn out to be more literal than not. Cases in point:

1) Keep the home fires burning.
2) Tough row to hoe.
3) Cocky.
4) Bitchy. (This is not technically farm-related, I learned it from Lauren's dog.)
5) Too many irons in the fire. (Again, not necessarily farm-related, but I'm reasonably certain my landlord and neighbors would have frowned upon a forge, propane or no, in my backyard.)