Front Row Seats to an Epic

Nature bears up against us and the closer we are to it the more we bear its force.  We have layers of isolation, home, community, town, state, country each one adding its layer of insulation, ramparts to nature and its forces.  At Fair Haven, we have thin sheets of glass, a long southwestern facing wall of glass.  Most weather comes from that direction and The Great Tennessee River lies 80 feet in front of us.  Weather hits us straight on into our wall of glass, most storms and winds straight on, once or twice every year, like last week, the river pushes over its banks and into our front yard leaving its mark, a winding trail of debris.  We have a front-row seat to nature, its peace and its force.  It is never boring, nature is a born exhibitionist, always displaying its fancy and its brooding, its peace, and its turmoil.  It’s epic and we have front row seats and strong glasses.