Gen MacManemin (1916-2012) was in her early 60s when Nancy and I lived on her property. We spent a year living in a rustic apartment above her goat barn, beginning our transition toward rural life. The land sat atop a wooded mountain in Fall City, 30 miles east of Seattle. It was before Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks took claim of what it meant to be from the Northwest, and 30 miles away was “out there.” As…
