The Tree Lit from Within

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We don’t know what we’ll miss until it’s gone The forsythia tree is in full bloom right now, as if lit from within, the golden branches the brightest thing framed in my window, the brightest plant in my yard. The … Read More

Toppled Heroes, Cesar Chavez, Reflected Glory

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I loved an activist hero who was part of the Movement. Which movement? The Movement. The one that was mine, or was yours. His obituary was in The New York Times. I knew that when he died, there would be a large, public … Read More