“He's not safe, but he's good." C.S. Lewis, British author, from "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" The news has a way of making one want to invest in a whole lot of bubble wrap. The kinds of quantities found in stores that mail things off. Rolls and rolls and rolls of the stuff.… Continue reading Room to manuever
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Winners and losers
“In a time of destruction, create something.” Maxine Hong Kingston, Chinese-American author The tally is in. The intense highs and lows of last winter have taken out one climbing rose, one butterfly bush, three lavenders, one hosta and one lemon balm. Most surprising was the lemon balm, which is, oddly enough, a mint even though… Continue reading Winners and losers
Appalachian spring
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” Hal Borland, American author, journalist, naturalist Though members of our household who are not teenagers are still wearing socks, spring has finally come to Appalachia. And, if the past repeats itself, it will come on quickly. Budding leaves held back by the cold will explode. Ice… Continue reading Appalachian spring
The way we were
“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” Marcel Proust, French novelist We once had a neighbor whose father served as a doctor in the Civil War. Yes, the Civil War. She was in her 90's when we met. Her father remarried after his first wife's death, had a daughter… Continue reading The way we were
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