Until the next solstice

These last three months of the year I have a particular problem with: the sunlight is waning, and there’s no rationalization possible. During the first half of the year, the sunlight time increases, though it’s hard to tell at first. For the next three months, even though the sunlight time is dwindling, there’s still more Continue reading Until the next solstice

The Snow Man

One must have a mind of winterTo regard the frost and the boughsOf the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long timeTo behold the junipers shagged with ice,The spruces rough in the distant glitter Of the January sun; and not to thinkOf any misery in the sound of the wind,In the sound Continue reading The Snow Man