I just heard sandhill cranes calling & I went outside to watch them fly by. Wow. The wind is still biting cold to me, but they must know what they’re doing, because they’re flying high & fast, heading due north & singing their happy songs as they go.
The snow here is melting, but I think some icebergs will remain long after I’ve planted peas, which I hope to do very soon. After working so long & hard on The Spirit Keeper: Ledger II, I need to stop staring at a computer screen & get outside. I need to get dirty & sunburnt & windswept, just to drive off the demons of the dark winter.
Working on Ledger II was really hard. I feel as if the effort took years off my life. Ah, well. It was something I had to do, just as flying north is something the cranes have to do. The wind may be biting & there may still be snow, but there the cranes are, & I’ve sent Ledger II on to New York.
The good news is that spring is almost here, and my garden will surely give my lost years back to me. Nothing is more rejuvenating than planting seeds in the cold soil with the certainty that they’ll do what they’re destined to do, just like the sandhill cranes, just like me. Regardless of the wretchedness of winter, I have faith that spring will come.
And I have faith a lot of people out there are destined to read Ledger II.
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