Author: Ellen Rockne

Young Tomatoes

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:24 PM in Death Family & Relatives Humor & Whimsy Personal Growth
My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sauce & puree & crushed tomatoes she got from the Italian restaurant by her house, but she always soaked the labels off first. I don’t want them to be anxious about the future, she said. It’s not healthy.

Yellow Buttons

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:24 PM in Travel & Moving
She told me once that the year she went to England she painted all her buttons yellow so she would remember what the sun felt like.

World Peace

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:24 PM in Friends & Neighbors Peace & Justice Personal Growth
I have a friend who took all the doors out of his house one summer. It reminds me there’s nothing I have that’s worth hiding, he said. No secrets is the key to world peace. He put them all back on that winter. I decided it was peaceful enough for me, he said.

Work Ethic

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Family & Relatives Job & Career Spiritual
When we visited my grandma in the summer, we’d sit on the porch & watch the moon every night to be sure it made it safely home. My grandma said we should say prayers that it find fulfilling work during the day. It’s not like there’s a lot of jobs out there for a moon, … [Read More]

Wonder Roast

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Animals & Pets Spiritual
He just sat in the church looking up at nothing in particular & I whispered what are you doing? & he said if Jesus had been a chicken would we have Weber grills all over the place instead of crosses? & I had a hard time concentrating after that, too.

Wolf Angel

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Animals & Pets Halloween Spiritual
this is a wolf angel & it eats the people it’s supposed to help. A wolf angel is not a good angel to have looking out for you.

Wish List

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Condolence & Loss Death Family & Relatives Friends & Neighbors
I wish you could have been there for the sun & the rain & the long, hard hills. For the sound of a thousand conversations scattered along the road. For the people laughing & crying & remembering at the end. But, mainly, I wish you could have been there.