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Grateful to be back in the habit of gratitude.
(Seth working on the horse-drawn harrow)
So very, very grateful for the beautiful birth of our dear friends Seth & Bethany’s new baby boy, Case. Welcome, Case!
And grateful, for this, which came like a gift.
The Turning
And now, I begin to turn home.
That simple,
that hard.
Wood stacked and ready,
knives sharpened,
fabric, yarn waiting
patiently for me to choose
this – bare toes in the garden,
work that does not end
as we, too, shall not pass
completely -
the stone wall trembles but remains,
we have married the earth
and she
will carry us.
(c) 2010 Adrie Lester
Oh my goodness!!! Welcome, Case! I must write to Seth and Bethany right away!
Your poem is intense and luminous. Thank you for it and for being you.
Amen. A great gift, our children. A heartfelt poem. Thank you.
Thanks Jen! Ella keeps talking about you and Lily, incidentally. Must play together soon! Love, A
Thank you, Adele. Nice to hear from you!
Wow!!!
That is beautiful.
Beautiful, Adrie. Grounding.
And congrats to your friends…welcome, Case!
(Your poem and friend’s birth announcement makes me think of the book On the Day You Were Born.)
Nicola
Thank you Nicola!