Back home in Indiana

After Colorado I flew to Indiana and Ohio to visit my grandparents and aunts and cousins. I have spent most of my time in Indiana. This is where I was raised as a kid. When I lived in Indiana as a kid, I didn't have much respect for farming and the kind of people here.

When I come back to the state as an adult, I really feel differently. I love the green trees and endless farmland stretching to the horizon. I love the air that seems clean and fresh. It different than Beijing, where there seemed to be a constant haze and colors were faded with dust and pollution.

I also can't believe how nice the houses are here. They have a bit of an old style, simple but elegant. There seems to be so much space between houses here. In comparison with my other hometown of Phoenix, which is a fast growing city and houses almost looks like they are built window to window, there seems to be so much space between one house to the next here. It seems so comfortable and private.

Farming in Indiana seems more efficient than ever now. Grandpa told me there used to be a saying "The corn ought to be knee high by the 4th of July." But now, with the way farmers use faster growing corn and other more productive technologies, corn is already far over my head! You can literally hear it grow during the night they say.

The price of corn is going up too. Because of the step up in the production of ethanol, a cleaner, environmentally friendly substitute for regular gasoline, the cost of corn is rising. Over a dollar in the past few years.

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