O’Neill: Is this year the year? (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.

Happy birthday Ma, we love you!  Today is both Mother’s Day and Ma’s birthday, so we’ll gather around the table this evening to remember her. I dreamed of her last night, my brother Lito and I at a festival with Ma. We each gave her a hug and told her we love her. Then I awoke to a gorgeous spring morning, birds chirping outside the open windows; I fuckin’ love spring.