I’ve been wanting to share this story with you for a long time and the start of a new year is probably the right moment. In August I was walking along the path that leads to the back of the farm and was in a hurry. I tripped over a …
No Christmas Tree, No Christmas Tree
Is it Christmas without a tree? We have no tree. It’s not that we don’t have a tree, it’s just that we did not put it up this year. My decorations are deep in a cardboard box buried under mounds of household junk waiting to be unpacked when we finish …
It Was Just a Little Thing
It was so tiny it didn’t even register on the Richter scale of my life. This little need, this ticklish, gnawing desire would wave it’s arms in front of my face every now and then, demanding attention only to be pushed aside by more important issues like wondering if I …