"Barn's burned down. Now I can see the moon."

“Barn’s burned down. Now I can see the moon.” — Mizuta Masahide (Japanese poet, 17thcentury)

This week, I took a hammer and tore into my old barn. It was a small barn, so small that a woman could tear it down, mostly alone. After awhile, my husband joined me, knocking down the heaviest beams, but for the most part, it was me alone. 

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