Looking out the window I see an un-mowed lawn. There is rain on the window and the sky is gray. I am sad, I want to mow the lawn. It is not just the rain that is keeping from mowing the lawn. I am teathered to the inside of my house by pain. For the first time I could not mow even if I wanted to.

A little more than ten percent of Americans live in apartments. There are almost 150 million homes in America. So would guess at least half of Americans live in homes with lawns. Mowing the lawn is a thing.

Some people consider mowing the lawn to be a chore, a necessary evil. I started mowing the lawn as a child, as a choir. It was something that I needed to do to keep my father happy. It was hard to keep him happy. He expected us to use old push mowers he had bought at yard sales for 50 cents. He would want us kids to race each other with the mowers. It never really worked, we would usually mow after he yelled at us. We were also always trying to fix the mowers too.

Eventually I was fortunate enough to get a real job. Times were tough back in the 70’s. After buying a new truck, the first thing I bought was a riding lawn mower. Now mowing lawns was fun! I mowed and mowed. I made lawns bigger, I mowed lawns for pay. I mowed lawns for fun!

There is a certain amount of satisfaction to mowing a lawn. It is something that looks good when it is done. You get to make patterns in the grass. After a while you get to do it again. Maybe it can be even better next time. I typically wear noise canceling headsets and listen to music. It is fun to look at the gardens, trees and even the sky. A little bit of peaceful scenery in our hectic world.

There is big business in mowing lawns, many people pay to have their lawns mowed. Why golf courses are nothing but a professionally mowed game. People like to see nicely mowed lawns. A building can be perfect, yet if the lawn is unmowed, the building looks shabby. If a shabby building has a nicely mowed lawn, it has character. You know somebody cares.

Hope I can mow the lawn again soon.