Wildflower Tea

A quiet story of an old man who collects flowers throughout the spring, summer and fall -- and in the winter makes a tea of the mixture of blossoms he has collected all year. The story is poetically told -- and, like poetry, it's meaning is more than it's outline. I think it would be appreciated by anyone who enjoys thinking about life and time, and remembering; and I imagine where you are in your life will determine your response. I read this story to a 12 year old girl and she liked it well enough (told me she would give it 4 stars) It is about nature and old age...and although it is only 30 pages long, the story seems to speak mostly for and to someone who has their own perspective of age. (the story is not from the point of view of children) I may be wrong -- Try it on a younger child, and see what s/he thinks! At any rate - it's a beautiful, lyrical story.