Me
So first of all my name is Josh but people call me Dutch, I can't even remember why it's just been that way since high school and I guess this is my journal.
I don't really know why I am suddenly keeping a journal but I just felt I should have something in place for when I am old...older? I don't know, but anyway here it is.
I could have bought a book and done an old fashioned or traditional journal but why not make use of technology and do it online?. So here it is, I guess really I want a record at least of what I achieve in life something that my children and grandchildren can look back on in years to come.
I'm not going to change the world or any of that shit but I hope I at least achieve something of note even if it's just working hard and providing for my (future) family.
Will I keep it up? I hope so but I have never felt the need to do something like this before so in all honestly it could be a passing fad that fizzles out after a few weeks. I hope it doesn't but I suppose that is on me to keep it going so heres hoping...
I guess maybe a bit about me first of all - born and raised in Cali, Sonoma in the 'Frisco Bay area, to George and Lori Ambrose I had a perfect childhood. Probably got spoilt on account of being an only child but it was a great time. We lived in a rural area and I was attracted to the local farms from early childhood so at fourteen I got a summer job on a small farm and that is when I really fell in love with it, I knew then that is what I wanted to do with my life. I found out years later that my dad pretty much got me my foot in the door and I can never thank him enough for that.
I studied hard at school and got myself in at the Kansas State University College of Agriculture. for the past couple of years I have been working for Fred Dawson on his farm in St Helena about forty minutes out from Sonoma.
I love it, Fred trusts me to take the initiative on the farm and I pretty much run it most days for him. The town is good and the people are friendly enough for the most pat but the dream is to expand out and see a bit more of the country and maybe one day have a small farm of my own.
Sonoma, CA
I see the old man regularly, probably more than I would do if mum was still here but we lost her a few years back. It was tough on my father but he is very much of the generation where men do not cry, he came as close as I ever saw him though.
Mom
That is the real reason I haven't moved away from the area if I am being honest. Pops has no family outside a brother he hasn't seen in twenty years and mum's family are all based round the Colorado area so if I moved away he would be on his own. He would be mortified if he thought he was holding me back but I owe him you know, he gave me the perfect childhood was always a great father and husband to mum and that's enough for me to stick around even if it means putting my own dreams on hold for now. Anyway I think that is enough for my first entry...I have no idea how people end journal entries though so until next time I suppose.
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