From the Outside

Jed Conklin

The Spokesman-Review

To the outside world, Christy Gerhardt leads a normal, although impoverished, farmer’s life. She attends computer classes at the local community college and runs a farm near Airway Heights, Wash. The farm is well-organized and Gerhardt hopes to start a business with the llamas she raises. The outward appearance of her life is a false impression of her struggles with mental illness.

Jed Conklin, "From the Outside," in POYi Archive, Item #35868, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/35868 (accessed June 8, 2025).