O’Neill: Farming as a symphony (column)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

I love playing music. After 25 years of percussion, there is so much familiarity to the drum, yet still so much new and exciting every time I play. Music ebbs and flows in my life, some years I don’t play at all, and some years I play often. This summer we’ve been playing every week at the end of our mountain farmers market, and the consistency and constancy of the music brings me great joy, while the changing faces and instruments makes things variable and interesting.