Spring is officially here with the appearance of Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica). It is a native wildflower and has multiple names: Virginia spring beauty, fairy spud, good morning spring, and grass-flower. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the tubers can be prepared like potatoes. The tubers are really small so don't plan on a big meal.
In early spring, dense racemes of star-shaped, pink-tinged white flowers appear and last for about a month.
They grow on the edge of the woods.
When in early summer lonely narcissi
bloom hidden in the meadow and the
rock-rose gleams under the maple . . . .
The splendor of the simple.
Only image formed keeps the vision.
Yet image formed rests in the poem.
How could cheerfulness stream
through us if we wanted to shun
sadness?
Pain gives us its healing power
where we least expect it.
Martin Heidegger
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