“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy Thanksgiving!
Month: November 2008
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Bounty, Joy, Gratitude
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The garden has been turned and all that remains are some herbs and a few rows of Swiss chard. I think of how sad I am to see summer go and remind myself that the earth needs rest and sometimes life moves at a pace we cannot keep. I just might need some rest as well.
Do you know how much I love to shell beans? Do you know that when I sit there, on my old porch on this old farm, I think about the generations before me and the way they grew things and tended to them. This is the way that it was and is and I am so glad for this continuation.
am thankful for that thin thread that connects me to something so true
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this is what I see when I shell the beans
there is the sky, the sun, the trees, everything
Jesse makes lawn tents
the edge of something wonderful
It’s a new day
I am ready and grateful
Bring it on.
