Welcome December!
With such a late Thanksgiving, December took us by surprise.
Well. Me at least! heh.
December
by John Updike
First snow! The flakes,
So few, so light,
Remake the world
In solid white.
All bundled up,
We feel as if
We were fat penguins,
Warm and stiff.
The toy-packed shops
Half split their sides,
And Mother brings home
things she hides.
Old carols peal.
The dusk is dense
There is a mood
Of sweet suspense.
The shepherds wait,
The kings, the tree
All wait for something
Yet to be.
Some miracle.
And then it's here,
Wrapped up in hope-
Another year!
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Last year Katie and Karen decorated for me. I think I really liked that tradition!!!
I am slowly switching the decorations over from fall to winter. Slowly.
Yoohoo. Katie and Karen!!!
Encourage One Another,
Donna
