Katherine Nicolai
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Some were for me, and some I'd leave on the doorsteps of friends.
Did you steal those lilacs?
asked a voice from behind me.
I turned to see an older man, with grey hair and bright eyes,
looking at me over his cup of coffee.
What lilacs?
I asked innocently.
He winked at me and touched his finger to the side of his nose.
Takes one to know one, he said.
I laughed out loud, passed him over a bundle of flowers.
He pressed them to his face and took a deep breath in and let it out in a contented sigh.
We chatted for a few minutes about some of our favorite spots.
He told me about a place by the highway.
I told him about the tree behind the library.
He lifted the bouquet to thank me, and I carried my basket out to divvy up the rest of my plunder among friends and strangers on my way back home.
You're a bit older.
You've bought one of those abandoned farms yourself.
Along the way, I'd found not only some very good spots to snip away,
where no one would miss them.
I'd been caught.