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A Last Gift: An Ekphrastic Blog

September 24, 2021 Kelly Jadon
(C) Kelly Jadon, “Grandmother’s Hummingbird,” 2021 $50.00

(C) Kelly Jadon, “Grandmother’s Hummingbird,” 2021 $50.00

I knew my grandmothers. I also knew my great grandmothers—one lived in a house built into the front of a hill in Boyne City, Michigan. The floor, linoleum, was not level, but ran downward on a slant. Great grandma Jacobson, the descendant of Swedish immigrants, lived on a prime piece of real estate, overlooking Lake Charlevoix. The view was spectacular. Every time a child was born, my great grandfather, an original Swede from a sailing ship, would add on another room. I visited there one time, in the summer. Great grandma was a little old woman with a little old stove. I attended her funeral a few years later. Most of her sons were there too. They loved to crack jokes. Some included my great grandmother, in clear view in her open casket. Their humor centered around the idea of my great grandmother suddenly sitting up during the service. Her daughter, my great aunt, told her brothers to stop. She was more reserved than her siblings and thought the dead should be respected. They just laughed though and answered, “If Ma were here, she’d laugh too!”

Grandmothers are all sorts of people, by so many names, Nana, Nona, Gram, Grandma, Grammy, Mimi….Recently I found out that I’m to be a grandmother too. A grandma? Me? I don’t feel old enough for this regal title!

I’ll need to think about this. Will I be the joking grandma who would laugh during a funeral? Or will I be the type that promises homemade waffles and then sneaks sweet potatoes into the batter?

Another grandma-relative I know regularly handed out jelly beans to her many grandkids. When her turn arrived to go to Heaven, a bag of jelly beans was placed under her arm in the open casket. That’s how she was known and remembered by her grandkids—and one of those kids, helped himself before the coffin closed. A last gift. A good memory.

(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021

In Blog, Hummingbirds Tags ekphrastic, blog, grandmother, charlevoix, last gift, funeral
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I'm Small, But I'm Fast!

September 11, 2021 Kelly Jadon
(C) Kelly Jadon, From “Hummers Delight”

(C) Kelly Jadon, From “Hummers Delight”

My daughter is built just like her “Tayta,” or grandmother, in English. At 79, Tayta is still in vibrant health, living in Nazareth, Israel.

At the end of my daughter’s senior year, the Jensen Beach High School yearbook was published. It included a photo of my daughter sprinting around the last curve of the 400 meter race. Captioned underneath was her comment—”I’m short, but I’m fast!”

The hummingbird is the smallest of birds, but able to fly up to 60 miles per hour. 90% of his time is spent hovering while feeding, its wings beating so fast they “hum.” He can move himself up, down, backward, even upside-down!

Noel Jadon, Far Right(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021, An Ekphrastic Blog

Noel Jadon, Far Right

(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021, An Ekphrastic Blog

In Blog, Hummingbirds Tags ekphrastic, blog, hummingbird, jensen beach
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Florida Blue Heron

September 10, 2021 Kelly Jadon
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021—No longer available

(C) Kelly Jadon, 2021—No longer available

When I first came to Florida I lived in Pasco County, on the Gulf of Mexico. Moving to Florida from Michigan is a bit like arriving as an immigrant in a foreign country. Many things are different.

About a mile or so out into the Gulf I observed houses, built up above the water on stilts. Pilings were sunk in place during the early 1900s. They were temporary houses of refuge from frequent rainstorms or a place to hold the catch. To a Northerner, they are similar to the ice fishing shanty out on the frozen lake.

Privately owned and grandfathered in as permissible buildings, they are handed down from one generation to the next. Unique treasures, permits are no longer allowed for more stilt homes.

The Florida Blue Heron too has long stilt-like legs lifting his body up high above the water, keeping him dry. His long neck reaches deeply to suddenly spear fish and baby gators with his spike-like beak. He often stands alone along the shallows in my backyard, just as the house on stilts upon the Gulf waters.

(C) Kelly Jadon, An Ekphrastic Blog

In Blog, Blue Heron Tags florida, blue heron, pasco county, gulf of mexico, stilt house, ekphrastic, blog
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