Cita's Blog – June 2009 Archive (2)

Ode to the Internet (for Tess)

Because of the internet, I've spent several delightful months discovering, through email, a soul-sister of the first water.



Because of the internet, I've gotten to hold her hand and hear in her words wisdom and humor.



Beacause of the internet, a guest came to my home who truly wasn't a guest, but a treasured friend for whom there will always be space.



Because of the internet, when she arrived we already had private jokes, secrets, intimate knowledge, and a… Continue

Added by Cita on June 1, 2009 at 5:13pm — 12 Comments

A Lump in his Throat

Papa couldn't swallow around the lump in his throat for several weeks after Granny finally died.



He came to stay with me on the ranch, to leave behind the four walls where her presence was still so fresh.



I had just been the recipient of four brown paper grocery bags of apricots, some firm, some, especially at the bottoms of the bags, starting to soften and leak juice.



I made apricot preseves in the steamy kitchen, Papa, always cold, in his down-filled jacket,… Continue

Added by Cita on June 1, 2009 at 5:03pm — 3 Comments

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