The Vintner's Careful Knife
Every February in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, vintners walk their dormant pinot noir vines with pruning shears in hand. To an outsider, the work...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Titus 2:11-12.
Every February in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, vintners walk their dormant pinot noir vines with pruning shears in hand. To an outsider, the work looks brutal. Healthy canes that grew all summer are cut back to just two or three buds. Entire branches fall to the cold ground. A newcomer to the vineyard might protest — why destroy what clearly flourished?…
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