December 2022 Issue
Vol. 1 Issue #12
December 23, 2022
Introduction to the December Issue
We’ve come to the end of the first year of Starry Starry Kite. This issue is coming out later than I’d like, but I think you’ll enjoy the three pieces here.
George Lancaster introduces us to his grandmother, Eliza Neville Lancaster and teaches us how to make her apple spice jam. Yum!
Eileen P. Kennedy’s playful pantoum explores the power of observation, and
Barb Wimsatt’s poem, The Evolution of Spring reminds us that we’ve passed the darkest part of the year, and spring will be here before we know it.
Enjoy!
Linda
Spreading the Love, One Jar at a Time
By George Lancaster
To taste Nai Nai’s Apple Spice jam is to touch the divine. Based on an old South Carolina recipe, it starts with five pounds of raw apples. Peeling’s next, and it’s a job that can’t be rushed. For me it’s a chance for calm contemplation. Sharp knife, smooth skin, round and round and round. Again and again.
Deep in it, my thoughts always turn to Nai Nai. Did she strive to make one continuous peel? Did she ever cut herself? Were some batches tinged with her own blood?
A Sight
By Eileen P. Kennedy
a spectator sees unseen things
like knowing where new trees grow
an accounting for branches ends
or where the roots spread their bends
The Evolution of Spring
By Barbara Wimsatt
I get drunk on trees
On bare branches strung together
Beautifully laced
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