By Katie Tallo
“… credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming … who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” Theodore Roosevelt’s speech, Citizen in a Republic, 1910
As the sun sets, the giant maples out my window turn into dark shadowy apparitions swaying against a pale blue sky. They hover high above me ghostly black. I can’t see the ants, squirrels or crows that nestle amidst their branches. I can’t see their marrow mushrooming... More...
