What a great post! This line reminds me of the memorable opening to Out of Africa:

I once dated a man who had a dachshund.

("I once had a farm in Africa....")
I see your well-earned upvote but don't see @curie, which means I need to thank other curators of Steemit as well for their attention to good work like yours.

@appreciator is more focused on uplifting quality content on the Steem platform and in support of this endeavour, Top 5 posts will be selected daily to be featured here from manually curated posts.