Richard Quinney

Diary From The Old Place

Diary From The Old Place

by Richard Quinney  

I would stand by the barn and look across the field to the place where generations of my family had lived. This was my earliest memory and the continuing vision throughout my life. It is what I imagine when I wake in the morning and remember when I lay me down to sleep. I knew when very young that something of great importance had happened there, in the distance. All my life I have called it the Old Place. This has been my Brigadoon, a place that once existed, where several generations of my family had lived, where renewal is always a possibility. The Old Place still exists in my heart and mind. The Old Place is the grounding for faith in this daily life. This is my diary as the year of 2018 was being lived.