So long, 2010. You were interesting. I spent the vast majority of 2010 living in a black-and-white circus that will be nicely bound on bookstore shelves come September. It’s still rather hard to believe,
frames for nature Nature doesn’t need frames, I say, but she insists on finding them anyway. Running around like a cameraless photographer as she composes each shot. Leaving to find another when she’s satisfied.
On Friday, we baked cookies & tartlets & listened to absurd amounts of holiday music. I still find the “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” song mildly disturbing. And we made peppermint bark. I’d never made
silver bells Listen, and you’ll hear. In the snow-quiet. In the cold that envelops bare branches and evergreens alike, winding around sleds and mittens and waterproof boots. The bells are ringing. Even if they
We had our first snow of the season, finally! Started yesterday & continued overnight, which meant no late night lunar eclipse watching for us, sadness. Still, it’s nice to have the snow. I always
solitary contemplation There’s a saint in the window of the building across the street. I don’t know which one, I’m not good with saints. He faces the window, but he doesn’t look out. He