A garden is a long work. Yes, you can turn soil, plant seeds, harvest in that same fall. In that sense, to grow a garden is a simple task, unskilled labour; weed a little, watch the water, wait on the season, and done. Gardening, though, is more than this. It is the communion of human…
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2002: 400 Mile Song
what am i now, then? this is no time for plays, for stages, for masks. i pray for a new path, to be used for some fine enough purpose that my own grief will not swamp me. a job comes, that brings me to work with many groups seeking funds to do small projects….
Remembrance: A Day of Questions
This Remembrance Day, as ever, i think about my father, and the lessons he taught in his life, things i continue to ponder now that i’m a parent. What will my life teach my child? As i sat in her school gym listening to the little kids reciting In Flanders Fields, while above them hung…
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