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 →

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 →

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 →

Enough

Not enough snow to make the walking treacherous But still enough to feel emphatically like winter Not enough wind to Continue reading →

Stealth snow

It rained for more than a day The November thunder rattling The awnings and the cat Who crept into the Continue reading →

Wintry mix

It was rain Really, it was rain Though falling with a wintry hiss and hint of fat flakes barely cold Continue reading →