Away and home and garden bounty . . .

My husband and I have been away for a few days

returning to a place where we'd worked and lived for eight years

and although it was pure joy to be there

and be among so many old friends

I came away feeling dizzy

from such immersion

in a former life.

. . .

As soon as I got home

I went to the garden

to pick the newly-ripened produce

so crisp and green and red and new.

. . .

I needed to do that

I don't know why

but

 it steadied me.

. . .

Hmm.

xx