Gifts

Enjoyable work
Friends who make soap
Those who rescue cats
Artists who create beautiful handicrafts
Tolling bells
Freezing fog & icy mist
Sweet treats
Strong black tea
Christmas book-making for those I love most

Of a Mind for Fog

No cat feet today.  

First the land wore fog like a muffler, loosely knotted at the throat.

Then it cleared and re-appeared in wraiths of this and not this.

Finally, it frosted high tree and needle, washing across University Avenue near the golf course along the plateau's rim, on slow-wafting waves of exhalation.

Curious to know if it persists, I just opened the kitchen door and shot this. 

Across the woods a streetlamp; before me fog, puffing and splotching like fading, haunting memory.

A good day and good night for staying in, reading.