"On this place, baling twine is the thread of life" (Klinkenborg, 112).
I really enjoyed this line right away. It tells me that something that may seems so simple to the world, might have a heavier meaning for the person performing the task. Clearly, baling twine gets everywhere but it does so many things, represents so many variations of Klinkenborg's life. Horses seem to be a large theme, specifically the twine or ropes that let humans be in control of them. I would think that Klinkenborg is referring to keeping a hold on life and that sometimes - like the horses when they get lose - we let go of parts of life, thinking it's a "rush" or that we're escaping something. But, when he uses the last line "..exhaling together happy to be connected again" (114) it makes me think that we need to keep the connects that make us happy just to "be" to remember what parts of life we value most.
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