Category Archives: aging

Packing away

Today we put away the Christmas ornaments mainly decorated fragile glass balls that decorate our tree for a few weeks each year and have done, most of them, for a half century give or take a dozen years or so. … Continue reading

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Changing of the Guard

Standing in water up to their thighs as always father prying the log with a hunk of two by four son trying to wrestle the stuck chain saw tongue out of the oak kerf pinching it tight. The old man … Continue reading

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seasonal

In late December when the days are dark and the ground is light we living seek comfort of heat and light while some dying choose the cold comfort of the dark earth We find solace where we can in a … Continue reading

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