Part II - The Train . . . Notes, References, and Shoutouts
(TWISW Supplement #2)
Chapter 6. The Field Where the Train Runs
Chapter 7. Control Your Horses
While Part I of The Water Is So Wide brought together far-flung topics with various references and sources, Part II is short; constructed with childhood memories of town carnivals, draft animals, and summer heat, passed through the prism of time and fiction.
It is driven mainly by the emotional power of Mark Knopfler’s song, “Mighty Man”, off his 2015 album, Tracker.
Image sources: My uncle’s farm (real and imagined): Google Maps. Big Belgians: Anne Norman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Dress up friends: private collection.