Hello, God. It's me, Mara

You know, Lord, author William A. Quayle wrote short write-ups for each month in “God’s Calendar.” Quoting him, here’s his “report” about August.

“August is here: and maize is growing. Maize owns August body and soul. Corn is an old-world word meaning any cereal. Maize is an Indian word meaning only what America had to plant and grow. A corn field is a valorous sight, stately, strong, tall, spear-like, graceful, music making when the wind wanders through the corn rows, sword-edged; for every corn blade is a sword blade, and I have bled often at the edge of their swords at pla...