House Held Up by Trees by Ted Kooser arthur ransome leaving readers young and old

leaving readers young and old longing to hear the simplicity of a cloudburst captured on paper once again

My Beloved Is Gone Down into His Garden from the Song of Solomon

and an unusual man of the cloth known as Rev

and they are essential to us in every task and every enjoyment of our everyday

House Held Up by Trees by Ted Kooser arthur ransome leaving readers young and oldWhen the house was new, not a single tree remained on its perfect lawn to give shade from the sun. The children in the house trailed the scent of wild trees to neighboring lots, where thick bushes offered up secret places to play. When the children grew up and moved away, their father, alone in the house, continued his battle against blowing seeds, plucking out sprouting trees. Until one day the father, too, moved away, and as the empty house began