That Was What He Did
by William Fields
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Title
That Was What He Did
Artist
William Fields
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Granddaddy had a shop where he could make almost anything you could think of. It was where he kept his drills and hacksaws and boxes of bolts and gears. It was out back just past the well and it sat beside the chicken coop. He’d go there to make a part for the pump or fix something on his old truck. He said that thing was held together with baling wire and that was a truth. Granddaddy was resourceful because there wasn’t much money to buy things and there weren’t many places where you could buy something even if you did have the money. So he cut and shaped and made a thing from a piece of something else.
Granddaddy is gone now and we miss him. I walked out to where we lived the other day. Everything is broken and falling down. Granddaddy would have fixed those things too. That was how we lived and that was what he did.
That Was What He Did is a snippet of imagining that gave this picture a title by William Fields
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November 17th, 2012
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Comments (13)
Pedro L Gili
A beautiful image and a nice sideways description, William! A great shot and processing! g+ T L vtd. 22
Robin EL-Hachem
This is just cool :) The story, made up or not, goes well with it and adds character.
Norma Brock
It's difficult to pick a favorite among your photo's and art work William. The creativity, composition and "Authenticity" of your Great American work is truly "Unique".. Each is like a sculpture, just screaming for an owner.. Charlie.. Fav, vote10, g+1
William Fields replied:
Charlie, you've overwhelmed me with your very kind words. I can't thank you enough. I'm going to tell my wife about this.
Cheri Randolph
William, Perhaps because you found a willing ear. The more we talk about them, the more bits of them continue to live on. I hope that somehow your friend will be able to save the cabin - just read your comment above.
Cheri Randolph
William, What a nice story to accompany this rustic and crumbling building! Grandaddy would be pleased at the way that you have presented him, but I think he would be shaking his head about the state of things in the shop. I like your musings and your photograph. v
William Fields replied:
Thanks Cheri, we called my grandfather Nonno or Grampa. The story is completely imagined. My Nonno was a locksmith and pretty handy but he lived in an industrial city. My other grandfather was a steel worker when he was young and later went to work for Union Carbide at some kind of factory job. This might be my great grandfather Elijah who was half Cherokee or my Nonno's father who's name I don't even know. He would have been a farmer in Italy. I bet you weren't expecting all this family tree stuff; ) I sure don't know why I'm blabbing it.
Ernest Principato
Love this rustic image!! places like this have so much history!! love your description! you are a great story teller! v/f
William Fields replied:
Thanks Ernest!! This old shack is a part of a larger property that includes an historic log cabin. The whole thing will be bulldozed to make way for a farm pond two weeks from now. A good friend of mine who is a preservationist carpenter is trying to save the main building, the 17x34 log cabin. She doesn't have much money and in the end, these things do take money. I've been trying to find someone with an idea about how to save the building from the dozer. It would be a sin to lose it. Thanks for your compliment on the story. The stories are there in the land, the buildings and the things people leave behind. It's just a matter of listening and they'll tell you their own stories. I just write them down.