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The Scent of Resurrection
"Your nose is the window to your soul."
Hawkeye Pierce, 4077 M*A*S*H
(Of course, he was talking to Klinger–for those of you who know the show.)
Ever notice how a scent can bring comfort, like when you walk into your parents' home the day before Thanksgiving and your nose fills with the scent of pumpkin pie?
Or how [...]
From Broken to Beautiful
I carry outside the perfect, smooth pieces of tile–solid blues and green speckled and flower print–and with a hammer, shatter them. Dust flies. I breathe it in, and it makes my eyes water. Careful not to touch the sharp edges, I put the ruined bits back in my bag.
Inside wait two pots and a pair [...]
Green…Ish…More Chartreuse
It's easy being green.
Companies print T-shirts that say, "There is no planet B" or "SOS" with the O a picture of the globe.
Most cities have recycling. (Ours makes it easy on us–as long as we put our paper here, our glass and plastic there, they'll pick it up for us.)
Composting is trendy.
But sometimes I wonder, [...]
God in Color
The squirrel lay dead in the road, half flattened against the pavement. Tears blurring my vision, I had to pull over.
There was something wrong with the world. It was black and white, and that wasn't enough.
It had been building for months. I had disconnected from my friends. I had yelled at my mother. And now, [...]
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