Handout 2: Final Thoughts How shall we live A Shovel Full of Earth This life? Melitta Haslund, in of “A Shovel Full Earth.” Published in For All That Is Our Life, edited And it grander isn’t by Helen and Eugene Pickett (Skinner than this in the end? House, 2005). Used with permission. A few shovel fulls No—the splendor of earth is right here, await humbly. in the dirt, Dark brown as only in the soil earth can be— that can grow dug from the fragrant depths. all we need
Handout 2: Final Thoughts A Shovel Full of Earth Melitta Haslund, in “A Shovel Full of Earth.” Published in For All That Is Our Life, edited by Helen and Eugene Pickett (Skinner House, 2005). Used with permission. A few shovel fulls of earth await humbly. Dark brown as only earth can be— dug from the fragrant depths. How shall we live This life? And isn’t it grander than this in the end? No—the splendor is right here, in the dirt, in the soil that can grow all we need
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