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Wedding Garden

January 8, 2016 14 Comments

Wedding Garden
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Their wedding house had an unplanted garden. She teased the root ball of their first tree, a Fuji, and he sipped cider and smiled at their world. The radio played, and he sang along. Flat.

“Don’t!” she commanded, amused and shocked he would force her to say this. He stopped. She snipped scraggly roots and lowered the root ball. He bulled into the house and never sang in her presence again.

But twenty years later—with the roots deep, and the tree thick with fruit—he jumped into his lover’s car. They sang out loud all the way across the country.

By Jon Sindell

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  1. Jeanne Althouse says

    January 8, 2016 at 9:29 am

    Jon this is a good one. I loved the metaphor of the root ball.

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    • jonsindell says

      January 8, 2016 at 9:44 am

      Thank you so much Jeanne, I appreciate it. … I imagine those were some bitter apples …

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  2. Paul Beckman says

    January 8, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Well done, Jon.

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    • jonsindell says

      January 8, 2016 at 5:20 pm

      Thanks Paul. Means a lot, coming from you.

      Reply
  3. Lynn Mundell says

    January 8, 2016 at 10:22 am

    A beauty. Happy I got to hear you read it the other night!

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    • jonsindell says

      January 8, 2016 at 5:20 pm

      Thank you Lynn. So glad we finally connected. You’ll have to imagine (or disregard, if you prefer) the sung part at the end!

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  4. Luis says

    January 8, 2016 at 10:29 am

    Fine work.

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    • jonsindell says

      January 8, 2016 at 5:28 pm

      Hi Luis, thanks a lot. Hey I just read some of the cool work on your blog, liked it a lot. Just followed you on Twitter. Feel free to follow back.

      Reply
  5. Bobby Warner says

    January 8, 2016 at 11:05 am

    Guy finally gets to sing his song–in a duo, yet. Thanks to the Fuji tree. I gotta call this a great little story, Jon. Let’s have more!

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    • jonsindell says

      January 8, 2016 at 5:29 pm

      I sure appreciate it, Bobby. Hey, Fuji’s are in season now. Juicy and crisp!

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  6. Tony Press says

    January 8, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    Good one.

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    • jonsindell says

      January 8, 2016 at 5:30 pm

      Thanks Mr. T.

      Reply
  7. Sheila M. Good, Author says

    January 9, 2016 at 11:38 am

    Love the metaphor and especially this line of the story, “…with the roots deep, and the tree thick with fruit.” So much revealed in one line. Well done.

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    • jonsindell says

      January 9, 2016 at 3:36 pm

      Thank you Sheila, much appreciated. Your blog is cool, and I just followed on Twitter. Feel free to follow back!

      Reply

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