Chores are the spine of a farm, the veins, the narrative and structure. Chores are life and death to animals on a farm, they are never done on a farm. The ethos of a farm is to awaken each day to the new chores that appear like serious angels. This  morning, it is the gate that won’t close, the ice and snow in the feeders, a half-cord of firewood that needs stacking, the cold air coming through the pantry door, the loose and falling tiles in the bathroom, the rug that needs cleaning and moving, the stove that needs cleaning, the empty feed can that needs filling. On a farm chores are not done, they just move up and down the ladder.