Literacy Track

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Melanie and I headed to West Orchard

north of Macon yesterday.

Apricots were ready to pick.

I have loved Apricots

all of my life:

dried,

nectar,

canned.

While I have never had many,

I just cannot seem to get enough.

Surprisingly I have had very few fresh.

There I stood at the foot of the Apricot Trees

staring up at the Trees

laden with little Suns smiling down at me.

It was the 1st time

I had ever seen them growing.

I have waited 61 years for this.

It seems strange

that a highly educated woman

in Human Culture

(which focuses mostly on the study of Human Culture)

would not have seen such a simple

but profound gift of Creation.

What kind of literacy track have I been on?

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Glinda Crawford, 2010

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