Pruning by JD DeHart
Image - www.mgcininyoni.wordpress.com Earth gives only so much and does not always cooperate. We gather and steam and work and regale each other with stories. Meanwhile, a single emerald winks from the dull ground, then becomes another and another until life pushes forward, sliding aside our doubtful sands and mournful pebbles. A new life, a new garden begins with that single stem suddenly, exultantly budding.