This statue is located outside the Cenex station, as you enter the town of Sherburn, and I've been thinking about it ever since I snapped this picture two weeks ago. I hesitated to post it because I thought it was great but I was afraid it might be taken wrong, as a slight against Sherburn. But here's the deal: a farm town which puts up a really quite lovely statue of a pig has got oodles of gracious self-knowledge and has no trouble mixing self-deprecation with self-love. I grew up in Rollingstone, Minnesota. I know about these things.
I think that was very thoughtful post, K, and I love this statue.
Posted by: Carolyn | April 14, 2008 at 07:43 AM
Well, hey, Martin County (which Sherburn is a part of) is the #1 pork producing county in the state. Though it's kind of sad, as one drives around the country, one never sees a single pig. You can smell them, however.
Posted by: | April 14, 2008 at 02:46 PM
Hey! Did Sherburn steal that from my granny's yard?
Posted by: Mandy | April 15, 2008 at 07:26 AM