I had to hold back on my row crops for the first couple of years, since I didn't have enough manure stocked up, but eventually I managed to balance ev...rything. I can't just decide to put in another forty acres of row crop, though. I have to gear everything up to accommodate the new acreage. Everything I grow is part of the cycle."But the beauty of this is that I have something to sell almost twelve months out of the year. And ... since I'm part owner of the co-op, they have contracted with me. Or baseball, but that is a completely different story.Washington seasons suffer from "mood swings," especially when it comes to the temperature during the spring and fall. This spring was no different. Yesterday, the weather gurus had been calling for a high in the mid to upper sixties, yet it had struggled to get to fifty. Today, they were calling for highs in the upper sixties to lower seventies, so it was no surprise when my alarm went off at four o'clock in the morning that the temperature. A quiet not chilling, but more of a comforting calmness for a bit. Each lost in their thoughts, until Susan said: "Can I ask you something? Personal?" Personal? Yes!" Roger said with an ironic sort of laugh. It didn't get any more personal that what had already been shared he thought."Do you like them in some sort of way?" Susan asked.Roger stopped, but only a step before starting to walk again. It wasn't a question he'd thought he'd be asked, so no answer was played out first, but none was. As you know, I am an only c***d, and I am his moon and stars, much to the dismay of my mom at times. Daddy has always been a long distance truck driver who is away for days at a time. His schedule for the past several years has had him home every Wednesday."My parents love each other, but there's no question who wears the pants in the family: daddy pretty much does whatever my mom tells him to do. She can be very demanding and intimidating when she wants to be."Wow, I couldn't believe what I.