Storms send us to the cellar. We take flashlights, candles, water. Tornado season is upon us. After the rain lets up, thunder and lightning recede, and wind dies down, we blow out our candles and head up the stairs to the house. We sit on the porch awhile happy that we’ve weathered another storm. The […]
Category Archives: What’s Good About Home
Wildflowers
When a rose blooms for us, we fancy ourselves great gardeners yet we don’t know even how a rose grows. c.e. hollis Wildflowers pop up in the grass of every meadow. They dance in the cool and wet spots. They flourish in the hot dry places as well. They spring up in the ditches along […]
Tulips
Tulips must have been the first of God’s flowers. They hold his mark. c.e.hollis Sun shines on tulips and they open to the warmth of it. When the sun sets they close and rest. Each day the petals open wider in the sunlight until finally the petals hang backwards. Night comes and they don’t close. […]
