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The Dogwood Never Fails
Now Faith and Hope and Charity— Upon these three men all agree None greater can in heart reside. More fickle, though, are veins of wood, And tenderest April blossoms could (No lack of good intent besides) Be withered by an ill-timed frost Or by nor’easter be accost’d. The life of blossoms is not sure! TheContinue reading “The Dogwood Never Fails”
Tulip People
Tulip people aren’t Crocus people. They don’t tweet out slapdash signals of spring at February’s first foray into the 50s. Tulip people are distinct from the Daffodil crowd— apart and unmoved, apparently unheralded by spring’s delirious drum majors and clamorous countryside. Tulip people aren’t Hyacinth hipsters or Snowdrop snobs, norContinue reading “Tulip People”
Apple Stickers
Yesterday I was driving to work and eating an apple. For the first time in my nearly 37 years, I wondered, “Who puts the little stickers on all the apples?” Who puts them on and when do they put them on? Do harvesters apply stickers as the apples are picked off the tree? Does someoneContinue reading “Apple Stickers”
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