Category: Willows, Memories from Back Home
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Being Home
One classic full throttle evening in my mom’s kitchen- My brother Mat a talkin- My family just hangin- My mom à baking- All of us just a being.
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The Polar Plunge in the Canal
Would you, could you, jump in the canal? Two cousins, had a plan to recall. When they were little boys, They’d leap in the canal, without fear, without fright. with the summer sun high and bright, The water was freezing,…
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A Pomegranate Harvest: A Juicy Family Affair
Sixty years ago my mother planted a pomegranate shoot in her garden that her sister-in-law gave her. The pomegranate tree keeps on giving us ruby red delicious sweetness. Other than just eating the kernels, my mother has made pomegranate jelly…
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Mystical Morning
Photo: The call of the morning, Northern California. Early this morning, as the sun added gold to the sky, my youngest brother Zane called, “The geese are here; the field is white; if you want to take photos, now is…
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How the French Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
How to at cookie dough and not feel guilty about it. Oh the joy of chocolate chip cookies- oops I mean white chocolate chip cookies. Chelsea often makes chocolate chips cookies, well that is when we have chocolate chips to…
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The Heart of Home
The door swings openand it’s as if the wallsStart humming a familiar tune,as if they’ve been waiting for meto return to the rhythm of home.There’s no rush,no need to fill the space,just a soft hum of lifeas it continues,unfazed by…