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The forest green Nash Statesman was made for tree toting. On that snowy first Christmas with the Nash, we all gathered at the tree farm to choose the best tree ever. The six foot beauty we chose was perfectly shaped. From top to bottom; it flowed over the top of our Nash Statesman like a furled sail preparing to open and take flight. But first, we had to secure our chosen beauty for the long trip home.
As the snow came down harder, we three stepped back so dad, the expert on all things lashing, took matters in hand. Under and over, through windows and back again; that beauty wasn't going anywhere. Finally, we could get into a warm car but it seemed that we, like the tree, weren’t going anywhere either. We stood there admiring the secured tree but not so much the doors which were now tied firmly shut.
A lifelong resident of California, Anne moved to the Bootheel in Southeastern Missouri in 2017. It was there, after years of writing that her style took form. She is the author of "A California Girl Meets the Bootheel", "Walking with John XXIII", numerous poems, and vignettes on observations of life around her. A lifelong Catholic, her writing now takes a distinctive spiritual direction as she, like many, tries to make sense of a very confused world.
