by Ashley Larkin | Dec 22, 2015 | Celebration, Perspective, Truth-telling
I sit by the Christmas tree – a ragged little miracle. The front lacks appropriate branches, and so the white goat on wheels lilts strongly toward the center, as do the handprint snowmen and jack-in-the-box. The wooden cranberry garlands hold on the best they can. We...
by Ashley Larkin | Dec 3, 2012 | Celebration, Childhood, Concrete Words, Family, Mothering
Next weekend, we’ll make the long drive to Mike’s Tree Farm — $10 any noble tree, u-cut. We’ll sip foamy hot cocoa from our travel mugs, sing to Nat King Cole first and then The Muppets. After we’ve walked laps around our last favorites,...
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