A Year with EB White
"You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."----- from Charlotte's Web I am a soul always drawn and fascinated by the idea of " A Year of...". A Year of Rumi. A Year of Calvin and Hobbes. A year cooking with Julia Child. A project that provides guidance for the year and a ruler we can measure inward growth in the course of our circle around the sun. One year, after an early marriage and an unsurprising--except to me--early divorce, I came across a book by Sue Hubbell titled A Country Year. I didn't plan for it to take a year to read, but it did. I only read it at night before I went t
Anniversaries
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between 'I do' and
'Till death us do part'
happy anniversary indeed :-)
ReplyDeletethe 21st is also #2 daughter's b'day
Happy, Happy Anniversary to you both!
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary.
ReplyDeleteA very Happy Anniversary to you and your husband. I do envy those who were able to make their marriage last for decades and until death does them part.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the well wishes and Hubby and I send our own right back at ya. We had a weekend away from kids and dogs and carpools, and actually had fun:>)
ReplyDeleteHow clever to get married on the day that has the longest night of the year. Good excuse to stay in bed. : ) And know that things can only get BRIGHTER.
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