Join author Laura Lush at the South Grey Museum on April 22nd as she leads a tour down memory lane to historic barns in her life through a photographic, poetic narrative journey. Telling the story of her father's life spent on the farm from the early 1930s up until 2010, Laura will read from her book Swing Beam. Her father's story spans from farms near Burlington and St. George to his last location on Hwy 21 near Owen Sound. Laura grew up on farms helping her dad with the everyday chores and treasures a lifetime of memories in rural Ontario. The words in the presentation are those of Barry Lush, the poetry is Laura's. In the words of book reviewer Andrew Armitage, "the combination of the two makes Swing Beam a classic for many generations of farmers who have loved the land, their animals, fields, and barns. Barry remembers barns, thatched ones, bank barns, Dutch barns, Mennonite barns. Laura makes them speak." Event starts at the museum in Flesherton at 7 p.m. Admission is $7 per person and $5 for members. This is part of the annual speaker series, held the fourth Wednesday of every month at South Grey Museum – 40 Sydenham St., Flesherton.
