I don’t know what to expect. But I pack a new lunch bag with seven-grain rolls, cheese, snow peas, carrots, and blueberries. I toss in a dark chocolate bar and a packet of tea bags. I fill a new stainless container of water. I pack a suitcase, stuff pencils and notebooks and gum in a […]
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of passings, plans, and a new word
I’m sitting cross-legged on my bed this morning. There’s a nuthatch on the branch outside the window–the window with the broad, cracked smile. The smile that D has sealed with transparent packing tape and dolloped with some whipped putty. The power line from pole to house corner sags and glistens in the sun, and […]
Gentleness–Power Under Control
My husband’s great uncle was killed in World War I. The wheel horses were King horses, and the rest belonged to area farmers. “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.” Matthew 5:5 (NIV) “You hold Turk while I saddle Ike.” Dennis had taken me home to meet his parents. But mostly to […]
