Fix

Little things affect big things . . . fix the little thing first. Even when it means pausing the big work, driving the bumpy mile back to the workshop, hoping to replace the tiny pin that plugs the hole that secures the shaft that completes the hook that loops the chain that unearths the post that secures the wheel that suspends the pipe line that keeps Montana’s persistent wind from blowing it all over the cliff edge. Dismantle it all every spring. Re-build each element of this antique system of pipes and pumps, of valves and handles, of sprinklers and nozzles, of drains and hoses. Re-invent this complex machine that’s designed to do a simple thing: keep this field green.

Fix the little thing first.