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A Live Coal in the Sea

William Langland: “But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.” Does a day come for everyone when they realize that their parents are just people or do some never find out and keep expecting their parents to be super human? I suppose for some—those whose mothers drink, whose fathers sexually abuse, whose parents have affairs and divorce—I suppose the children of these parents find out the truth all too soon. They learn from the beginning that dad doesn’t keep his promises; that mom only cares about herself; that their parents don’t provide or protect. Shall I call these children the poor in spirit because they understand from a young age that mom and dad aren’t the source of love, peace, and safety? Shall I even go so far as to call them blessed? Them? With their distrust of men and homosexual inclinations and insatiable craving for human affection? Shall I call the abused blessed? True, some s...

Sight to the Blind

My Irish Breakfast tea tasted like Lawry’s Taco Seasoning the morning we came back from our vacation. The tea and the seasonings were zip locked together during the fumigation. The apple jelly’s top wasn’t on all the way, and it dripped down my loose-leaf Oolong bags and pooled on the bottom of the plastic sacks; and the bottle of picnic-sized balsamic vinegar leaked black dots on my spice jars. The burning-red Kangaroo Paws that I’d planted below the freshly painted staircase don’t look like they’re going to make it. Their leaves are half crispy; their flowers, all faded. The Boston Ivy is a stubby bush again; all its fingers that had crept over the ugly wall outside our studio door are chopped. The furniture was sprinkled with dust; dust bunnies rolled over the laminate flooring upstairs. I guess nothing can be good after coming back from a vacation like that. Nothing at all. Phil and I have been suffering from post-vacation blues. I want to see the mountains again. I wan...

12 Months of Trees in Whittier

January: Saucer Magnolia, soulangeana. This tree is my all time favorite. Perhaps because January is my birthday month. These trees bloom all month long as soon as the first wave of heat hits Whittier. Their blooms resemble teacups and saucers, pink and violet on the outside and white on the inside. I like to call them the tulip trees. Saucer Magnolia Saucer Magnolia Saucer Magnolia February: The Evergreen Pear Tree, pyrus kawakamii. Bark like dragon skin and blooms like snow, this multi-seasonal tree looks gorgeous in spring and striking in fall. When the wind blows, the popcorn-like blooms flutter off the branches. In the late fall, the leaves turn astonishing colors. I like to call them the snow trees. Evergreen Pear Evergreen Pear Evergreen Pear Leaves March: Camellia, c amellia; White Redbud, Cercis canadensis ; Navel Orange, c itrus sinensis; Wisteria, wisteria There are just too many trees to choose from in March, so I put several here. The C...

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