Spring Forward
By Riser, Mimi
'Tis that glorious season again (the one that's both a noun and a verb), when Mama Earth rubs sleepy winter out of her eyes, yawns, stretches, and begins setting her stage for the rich, full-bloom spectacle of summer.
It is spring-into-action Springtime. THE universally acknowledged season of renewal, regeneration, and rebirth!
Not too many generations ago, it was also the season to sweep, scrub, dust, and shake out one's entire house from top to bottom. Few of us today have the time to engage in a good old-fashioned spring-cleaning, but we can, perhaps, spare a moment to do something that, in the long run, will be even more purifying....
Click HERE to read the complete essay.
(Originally published in COYOTE)
©2005 by Mimi Riser
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8:13 PM
January, 2007
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