You’ve taken that quiz: what x number of
\npeople living or dead would you dine with,
\nif you could choose? Classic conundrum.
\nThe answers are wide-ranging, the reasons
\npersonal and predictable, but for
\nme \u2014 give me a table full of folks who
\ncall New England home. Set a place for them:
\nEmily, Robert, Norman, HDT,
\nMary O, Winslow, and John Sargent too.
\nBilly Collins, (New York, but close enough)
\nWe’d gladly pass potatoes and the night.
\nWhat would we talk about? Weather, of course
\nand love, death and happiness and all things
\nunder that changeable New England sky.<\/p>\n
Why these people, you and others may ask?
\nI like them for their New England natures
\nThey speak their truth and let it surprise you
\nwithout too much fanciness. No big fuss.
\nI like things conversational, and so
\nlike our dinner, simple and to the point.
\nTwist optional but appreciated.
\nI tire of the endless highfaluting.
\nSpeak to me simply – what you saw and why
\nShow me what it did to you that morning
\nor how the light passed while you watched it go
\nhow birds flew rising and falling like waves
\nTell me in plain language how it changed you
\nall that light, all that living, all those days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And I’m pretty sure I could tell these folks all about my re-entry into the world of vermiculture and how today I prepared for that.<\/p>\n We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. \u2014 Winston Churchill<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Busy day doing not much of anything and I’m trying to work with the NaPoWriMo prompt and now I’ve forgotten what it was really all about… You’ve taken that quiz: what x number of people living or dead would you … Continue reading ![](\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0650.jpg\" "\\"sky")
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