Episode 127: One Well Chosen Cut

Terrastina retrieves the garden shears and approaches the unruly bushes in the front yard. The branches hang like a canopy over the sidewalk. She prepares to trim a sheaf of them, but hesitates. She steps onto the road to give herself a better view of the tableau. She tilts her head left, then right. One particular branch extends a foot beyond the fray. Terrastina steps up to this rogue length of greenery and delicately snips it off. It falls to the sidewalk. She picks it up and takes it into the kitchen. Soon its woody fragrance fills the house.