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On This Day…

Pearl Buck born 1892 in West Virginia, died 1973: novelist famous for her stories of China, recipient of both Pulitzer and Nobel awards

Works: Dragon Seed, The Good Earth, Pavilion of Women and many, many more

Quotes: “Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.” “You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.” “The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation.”

Today… I stood in my father’s garden,
July sun poured upon my hair,
Mid---summer heat rising.

For the first time,
I witnessed Greenness.
Living green of a thousand shades.

I saw birdsong
And the sound of blackberries’ bursting ripeness,
The silent skein of golden gnats, slowly spinning.

My father made this garden,
Preparing the ground, 
Sowing seeds, watering and feeding.

Today… I stood inside my father’s soul,
And was made to know that
I am my Father’s garden.                                                                             

Donna Leichtling