She will be a woman, my friend, at long last after the years of me telling her I was not. My role as a young mother will change, as her brothers, thirteen years younger, have a mother who has been around this block before. Only she knew me as this mama.
I don’t think it is any coincidence that the most fruitful season of gardening and baseball season take place at the same time. I honestly prefer fall and winter weather, but the brutal heat in the south means fresh produce and baseball games (and lightening bugs of course). These two things have always overlapped and
When I close my eyes and think of my happy place I’m small again, barefoot and looking down at my bruised legs. It’s a warm day and there is a soft breeze. I am under a climbing tree next to a rock affectionately named Fred Flintstone. I can smell muscadines and their leaves with the
I want a house with a crowded table. -The Highwomen Read More »
I have started this year intending to learn the Earth’s poems and revel in the beauty they bring! It’s May, and although I have been working in and on my garden for weeks now, I feel like yesterday a grand opening ribbon was cut and the official season has started. Much to my husband’s dismay,
It is spring again. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. – Rainer Maria Rilke Read More »