Great Friday
In orthodox Christianity you do not work today. I always felt a need to do something. Out in the garden one year away from everyone I was angry and started turning some dirt over. We had a large garden on the side of hill next to a brick factory. The hill destined to be gone was all our for the time being. Discarded car seats are not hard to find outside of town. I was just opening up a flower bed along all the drought tolerant bounty. We didn't have water there, but they had local wisdom. Our yield would change with the rains but never nothing. I had all of the anger in my arms turning over dirt till I forgot what I was mad about and could see what I had created. It wasn't a question in my mind. More like seeing a face. I had dug the outline of Ohio. I knew this flower bed would be gone and I would find myself again in Ohio. There was a big rock in the place of Cleveland something to climb. I foun...