Somewhere in Vermont a Wal-Mart and an asphalt parking lot now sit where a farm used to be. The farm was taken by eminent domain by the state in order to build a road that was never built. A friend grew up on that farm and has memories of running barefoot through the stalks of corn that were taller than she was, the dirt squishing up between her toes. When she looked up past those corn stalks, the sky seemed infinite. She grew up rooted to her grandparents’ legacy, to what th