As I read your lovely essay, I looked over at my poor gladiolas in a vase. Only the ones left at the very top are still vibrant and time is taking them away one by one. Thank you for your insights on this important topic. I mean that very seriously. And for sharing Emily's herbarium - what a resource! - and your own. (So many associations...dried flowers falling out of old Bibles. Not long ago, I dried roses and yarrow in a vase but they reminded me of Miss Havisham in Great Expectations.) I will certainly remember your essay and especially this quote as summer passes: "Wanting to keep flowers is part awe, part hope. And it is part pain - part of dignifying everything that has flourished and has gone."
Thank you for taking time to read it. I always pray when I try to write that I can say something worth saying to another soul and it will find even the one or two people it's meant for. So it speaking to you is wondrous to me -- it's why I write.
As I read your lovely essay, I looked over at my poor gladiolas in a vase. Only the ones left at the very top are still vibrant and time is taking them away one by one. Thank you for your insights on this important topic. I mean that very seriously. And for sharing Emily's herbarium - what a resource! - and your own. (So many associations...dried flowers falling out of old Bibles. Not long ago, I dried roses and yarrow in a vase but they reminded me of Miss Havisham in Great Expectations.) I will certainly remember your essay and especially this quote as summer passes: "Wanting to keep flowers is part awe, part hope. And it is part pain - part of dignifying everything that has flourished and has gone."
Oh what rich associations and images. Thank you so much for adding them: they are already haunting other thoughts …
Beautiful essay! :)
Thank you :-) -- it definitely had beautiful subject matter to reflect on!
Thank you for taking time to read it. I always pray when I try to write that I can say something worth saying to another soul and it will find even the one or two people it's meant for. So it speaking to you is wondrous to me -- it's why I write.