September always feels like the garden’s grand finale–a month when everything I’ve nurtured since spring finally reaches its crescendo. My counters are overflowing with tomatoes in every stage of ripeness, …
Lightly the fine brush traces, faintly the supple hairs draw. The upturned leaves, sketched in a freehand style, coil like wisps of smoke about the stems. Yellow heads peak behind …
You’ve gone now, but:
each and every time one of
our grandchildren puffs upon
another ripe, fur-fuzzy dandelion,
scattering those myriad faeries
to twist and romp and frolic
in the
silent
breeze,
I feel a
slight
slight
chill.
About the Author: Rob Loughran …
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Dear RecipeLion readers,
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