Archive May 2009
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Life Scapes I
- By: rebekah
- On: 05/25/2009 15:33:43
- In: Rumor Has It ...
- Comments: 9
There are two postings to this. Life Scapes I. And Life Scapes II. I don't know which one will pop up first, so just to let you know: there are 2.
I got to church earlier than usual on Sunday. I sat there in peace and quiet contentment.
Soon I heard a family coming down the aisle beside me. They scooted into the pew in front of me.
I looked up from my solitude.
It was a white-haired woman. Her husband, with matching white hair, had taken his seat beside her. They had two grown-up sons with them. One son had on blue jeans. The other had on dress blues.
Life Scapes II
- By: rebekah
- On: 05/25/2009 10:23:37
- In: Rumor Has It ...
- Comments: 4
Here's Life Scapes II. Life Scapes I is in a separate post, either before or after this one.
Life Scapes II is altogether different. Light, breezey, airy. No choking up. Maybe they'll be a Life Scapes III too. Who knows?
I've decided that life just doesn’t get any better than this.
I touted the grandness of ramps in my last post, right? How I wanted to be the Ramps Queen?
Well, the end to ramp season arrived. (Their season is far too short for me.) As I ate the last of my ramps, I savored every last tasty bitey-bite. It will be next year before ramps come back. But, don’t you worry. I’ll be wearing my crown all year long.
But before I had time to even contemplate the end of ramp season, what did I notice? Before my breath could recover from the "ramp breath" of recent weeks, what did I find? Right in my garlic patch?
Ramps Queen
- By: rebekah
- On: 05/14/2009 04:00:05
- In: Rumor Has It ...
- Comments: 20
“Ramps Queen”…ah, I wish.
I really do wish there was a “Ramps Queen” title or crown or sash. I’d go for it. I think it would be fun to be in parades and show up at fund-raisers with a tiara of rhinestones and “ramps” on my head. I mean, I’ve heard of Miss Sweet Potato and Miss Vidalia Onion, can’t I be the “Ramps Queen”?
Do you know about them? Ramps?
I hadn't; not until we bought our farm in the Smokies. Our first spring there, someone mentioned the Ramps Festival in a neighboring town. It’s one of those words you’re not quite sure you are hearing correctly….”Sorry, the what festival? Ramp? Well, I guess ramps are handy. There’s wheelchair ramps, exit ramps, boat ramps, car ramps…might was well have a festival for them…”
But these ramps, the ones to celebrate, are plants that grow in the forests of the mountains.
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