“Everytime I leave, all I h by Les Somogyi S peaking on a brisk, January morning in his Reynoldsburg barn, overlooking about 88 acres of farmland peppered with horse manure, mud, fencing and hay and all his favorite farm animals, Chris Baer appeared to be at the peak of his life. “Every time I leave this place, all I wanna do is come home to Reynoldsburg,” he said with genuine love for the lifestyle he has created for himself over a lifetime. Right here, in the middle of a metropolitan suburb of Columbus, the man who looks like the “Marlboro Man” stands tall and speaks confidently about what he is all about during a time in his life when the world - according to him - seems to have gone haywire. When he is away from TV, from the complexities of the pandemic and politics, he takes sweet refuge in the annual birth of his lambs, the two horses that know him and love him and the fact that he can come home every night from work and feel the solitude and peace. Baer Farm: the Last of a Local Legend Reynoldsburg Magazine Photo 14 Reynoldsburg Magazine • Spring, 2021
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