OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE
I just don’t know what to say. All my words seem to have deserted me lately and I’ve been completely subsumed by work work work work work. However, today I saw the faintest sheen of green on the trees across the pasture behind us and at the schoolyard on Friday afternoon there were also tiny peridot leaves on the bushes. I’ve seen little slips of crocus: bright yellow, royal purple, and the wavy zigzags of daffodils planted by the city of Malmö are green shoots about 4 inches high. The entire winter, while all the rest of my family and...