The subject of my 12/23/25 postcard surprised me in the VA landscaping: a ladybug clinging to the center of a dried flower, its bright shell standing out against petals that have already given up. The season has moved on, but something living remains, steady and unbothered, right where it is.

Chuck Arning

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