The Acorn Gathering
Writers Uniting Against Cancer
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The acorn gathering begins.
I carry the basket, woven by my grandmother, many winters ago. She had worked the basket carefully and methodically, pouring into it all the love she felt for my mother and father. She had imagined it would bring them a memory of her as they sat sharing a bowl of acorn soup.
She never imagined a winter like this one, when acorns would become our main source of food and medicine. Only the youngest and elders remain behind as our men hunt and our women gather.My people are from the Comanche. We live in a vast, flat area the Europeans call “Texas.” The winters normally stay gentle and pass quickly. Not so with this winter.
The acorn gathering begins.I crack the ice at the base of a great oak tree, hoping to find more acorns for my grandmother, and the others.
Wrapped in a blanket her grandmother wove before her, my grandmother lies, overtaken by the sickness that starvation brings.
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Join the fight against cancer by purchasing this fund-raiser by authors Jan Chandler, Shawna R. Van Arum, Huda Orfali, Duane Simolke, Timothy Morris Taylor, and Bill Wetzel. All author and editor royalties go to funding cancer research! These stories range from gritty and controversial to gentle and touching. Starting with the West Texas setting from Duane Simolke's collection The Acorn Stories, this new anthology takes readers across several landscapes, during times of trouble, change, hope, and triumph.
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About the Author
Duane Simolke, Ph.D., wrote the iUniverse books The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, and New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio. He edited and co-wrote The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer. His home page (duanesimolke.com) includes some of his writing, as well as a variety of links.