XI- Milk and Honey on a Good Friday
Masala tea is a great substitute. The rich warm flavours, creamy milk and a moderate amount of caffeine soothe even more than a deep Merlot and harkens me back to my mother, who made warm milk with butter and honey when I had a sore throat.
X - The Last Word
“They placed the heavy casket onto the straps suspended above the frozen hole. A moment of silence and then the minister spoke. Who gave him the final words?”
VIII - Winter Solstice
“Soon the days will be getting longer,” my father used to say around this time of year. After a dreary December, and my father’s death at the end of November, I need the comfort of his words.
VI - A Scattered Mind
At the table, I sit looking through the old pictures of when I was tiny, looking for evidence. Did I not get what I needed?