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Angels Unawares
My parents had an acrimonious divorce when I was 22. Don’t ever let anyone tell you divorce doesn’t hurt an “older child”. It. Does. And divorce reverberates down the decades and makes worries…
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Praying for an Onion
In my recent summer read, the little sister in the story prayed for an onion. Her family’s fortunes had recently been reversed and while other members prayed vigorously for a new house, this…
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Lilac Season
A friend told me yesterday that she is allergic to lilacs. She had my complete sorrow and sympathy. I can’t imagine spring without them. We had several bushes of lilacs on my street…
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The Secret of the Garden
I felt a pang of tenderness when I glanced down at the floor in front of my mother’s bureau the other day. Neatly, side by side, were a pair of Wellington-like rubber boots…
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Things Said in Winter
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow… The woods…
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Velvety November
All the way back to Jr. High School, I despised November. It could have been the cold hard rains that still come. Or the darkness. Or the scurried November walk we used to…
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Books for August
The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer…like the highest seat of a ferris wheel where it pauses just before it turns. ~Tuck Everlasting And here we are at…
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Mine is the Sunlight
Our funny hippie bus driver in high school played his radio on our long rides to school. In the spring, he cranked up “morning” songs for us, such as Cat Steven’s “Morning Has…
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Beauty Ceremonials for Winter
I never thought I looked good in winter. Without a summer tan, I felt my beauty was blurred and devoid of color and life. Now I no longer tan so I am rather…
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Summer’s Final Bow
My town has the most charming ice cream shop. It’s painted in sherbet colors and has a rick-rack of gingerbread trim. I don’t indulge every day but enough to know the owners who…
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Spring Charms
I used to think my modest house took on its beauty only by candlelight. But that was before I had a new front door installed with a half-moon transom built into the top.…
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The Big Tease
Lace is a big tease – it both provokes and conceals. The women above are all “laced up” but they’re not telling any secrets…except to each other. Today’s lace is different – it’s…
