Monthly Archives: December 2023

In this city of constantseasonal confusion, the childrenmust learn and relearn yearly howsummer’s advent only sometimes meansafternoons under the sprinkler or ice cream.Sometimes it meansweeklong downpours and a garden sowaterlogged it becomes a marsh.The cross we made for “pretend Easter”now lies facedown in a puddle, a crypticsign of cradle foreshadowingCalvary, while we in thus inbetweenwatchContinue reading “Advent Garden: Week 2”

Peach and plum droptiny unripe fruit scarcelybigger than a stone and Igather them for compost andto ward off rot and fruit flies.Yes, you look to the trees and seesummer declared by thesesigns of fruit. But why thiskamikaze harvest flungsenselessly early? And how manywill remain patient on the branch until time in its fullness bids themContinue reading “Advent Garden: Week One”