A Tangle of Bright Moments: Greenness is a Kind of Grief

“The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief.” ― From

All Flowers Keep the Light

“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.” — Theodore Roethke, from “The Stony Garden” in Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore

Earth Knows No Desolation

“Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.” –  George Meredith  * My neighbours have plumy ornamental grasses whose seven-foot tall

pink geranium (unk variety - plant sale)

All of these Anniversaries

“In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day.  No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no