That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they dont understand. – Mary Wesley
Were all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning. – Mary Wesley
My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20. – Mary Wesley
I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldnt have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals. – Mary Wesley