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
Over last weekend, I taught myself how to do something I have always wanted to learn but never actually sat down and took the time for until now. I learned how to fold paper