All about: fruit

Blackberry picking with daughter
A heavy summer's day: arms, legs scratched reaching farther, dropping them in a small bin, then a bigger bucket we hear birdsong and from their soggy field some cows stare at us. A sudden smile comes over me. I am glued into the scene, berries are raining in my bin and my mouth is sweet ...
Reading: Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) was a giant of Northern Irish poetry. He translated Beowulf into lively,  modern language. Heaney was an immensely popular ambassador of poetry. I have read a poem about strange fruits by Heaney before, and today I read again a detailed fruity allegory of our life: Blackberry Picking Late August, given heavy rain and sun ...
Het rottend ooft
Een van de gevleugelde uitspraken van wijlen mijn moeder was "het rottend ooft wordt mij in de schoot geworpen". Wanneer er in mijn ouderlijk huis fruit over was werd dit altijd opgegeten, en belandde op mijn moeders bord, die het schoorvoetend verorberde. Ik ben dankbaar zo grondig geconditioneerd hebben om nooit eten weg te gooien. ...
November 16. Working for the Peace.
This day is one of the best days so far in my life. We wake up in Samis house and plan the action of Charity Travel. First, I make my donation to Sami's sister and five other students in political science to support their transportation costs to the university in Nablus. They are committed to ...