Katherine Nicolai

I flexed my hand, switching the snippers to the other one and stretching out my fingers.

I'd been clipping for a while and still had a ways to go.

I had the classic pale purple flowers, the ones you most likely think of when you hear the word lilac.

even adding signs along the front drive, inviting others to stop and pick some for themselves.

to smell the lilacs.

A flower that blooms only once a year, and then just for a week or two, teaches you that time is precious.

We'd collected scads of donated vases from friends and family, and we'd make bouquets of the different colored blooms to entice market-goers.

and thought of how far I'd come from those days.

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Hi, I'm Katherine Nicolai, and if you're looking for something gentle to listen to that isn't news or true crime or self-improvement, I made this for you.

Stories from the Village of Nothing Much is like easy listening, but for fiction.

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