This is the tree in my warm and cozy house. The tree in the picture below, a picture you may think is entirely black, is actually sitting all by itself on a river bank that floods in spring.
It makes me think of the carol about King Wenceslas, who “on the Feast of Stephen” (December 26) spied a poor man out in a blizzard and went with his page to take care of him. “Bring me flesh, and bring me wine; bring me pine logs hither: Thou and I will see him dine, when we bear them thither.”
The story goes that “heat was in the very sod that the saint had printed.”
Not being able to heat the sod underneath our feet (or command a page, for that matter), many of us consider sending a check to a food bank at this time of year. Still too many hungry people.
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A lovely and gentle way to remind us to think of others, and to be appreciative of what we have.
Thanks, KerryCan. It seems the time of year to give thought to such matters. … And speaking of being appreciative, I am hugely appreciative of all the comments you have made here. Wishing you the best of the season and a happy 2015.
It is entirely my pleasure! I’m looking forward to what you share in the new year!