summoning strength

—Kim Fortune, Port Austin, Michigan

BY MAY 2020, IT WAS OBVIOUS Covid-19 wasn’t going away anytime soon. My husband, Peter, and I needed something to brighten our days under lockdown. Peter put together a raised cedar planter box for our deck, hoping flowers would attract some birds. At a flower stand down the road, delicate yellow petals caught my eye. Behind them sat a plant with lavender flowers that complemented the yellow beautifully. “Sal-via,” the woman selling them said, pointing to the purple blooms I was admiring. “Hummingbirds love them.” I liked the idea of small visitors darting about, drinking nectar. We brought both types of plants home. Every day, we’d look out onto the deck and enjoy the vivid arrangement in the cedar planter. The best part was the hummingbirds. It didn’t take long for them…

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