Standing in the window, watching the snow

Do I just not remember you Standing by me Watching the snow fill the yard Or did it never happen Continue reading →

A Midwesterner’s love-hate relationship with January

We spent the afternoon arguing (not arguing, okay arguing) About our long-planned dinner out And who would pick up whom Continue reading →

Ugly snow

Last night, knowing it would snow by morning I closed the curtains tight against Encroaching light seeping in with dawn Continue reading →

When there were wolves in Wales

When I close my eyes I can see in the Januarys of my youth Unshoveled walks and snow-capped mailboxes Mittens Continue reading →

Watching the snow hiss Bush-sheltered, feather-fluffed bird And a window cat Every snowfall 2022-23 #9, trace

Before yesterday

I decided to pretend that it hadn’t snowed If I didn’t look out the front window after all I’d never Continue reading →

Downtown on the day before the last day of the year

The sidewalk is oddly empty in this anomalous block Where every shop is family-owned Not a chain in sight A Continue reading →

Just as predicted

The snow began right on time at noon Falling in slow flakes, puffed with the cold As the temperatures slid Continue reading →