This morning one of the characters cleaned the ashes out of three woodstoves; the cafe's, her boss' house, and her new ranch house. She retrieved a wheelbarrow at each place to haul the ashes deep into the woods.
She waded through snow higher than her calves and dumped the ashes on a huge rhododendron in the woods.
And when she was done, there was wood in the wood ring and the promise of a beautifully warm day. Times three.
Did you know...
ReplyDelete-vibhuti, the ash of cow dung, is used in Hindu rituals (insert your own ewwww here)
-rhododendron is the national flower of Nepal
-the wheelbarrow was invented in ancient Greece
-Gazillion is a questionable number
-Wading is done in the liquid form of water
-feral pigeons are indeed called flying rats...I humbly prostrate myself at the feet of Lord Jim
Humility is best practiced at the level of the heart, not the prostrate.
ReplyDeleteDork. It's prostate.
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