Snowdrops on puppies,
And book stacks on Christmas
Ball gowns from Scrooge scenes
And homecoming brothers,
Shepherd’s meals, Mom’s bread, and siblings who sing,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Jack Quinn’s for dinner,
And meals all by candles,
Stockings by dawnlight,
And Broadmoor jaunt after,
Herb bread with cheeses, and Christmas Eve feasts,
These are a few of my favorite things.
(and yes, someday I will get a camera instead of using the dinky one on my laptop, but hey, it works!)
HAIL King! hail King! blessed is He! blessed is He!
Hail King! hail King! blessed is He! blessed is He!
Hail King! hail King! blessed is He, the King of whom we sing,
All hail! let [...]
Midnight made my black snake of a highway home the other night look inky and sleek as I drove north toward my mountain. The night sky was like a clear alpine pool, cradling that faint luminosity that comes from still water- every star diamond sharp, every point of light like a slash in the dark. [...]
The threefold terror of love; a fallen flare,
Through the hollow of an ear,
Wings beating around the room,
The terror of all terrors that I bore,
The Heavens in my womb.
Had I not found content among the shows,
Every common woman knows,
Chimney corner, garden walk,
Or rocky cistern where we tread the clothes,
And gather all the talk?
What is this flesh [...]
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day:
I would my true love did so chance
To see the legend of my play,
To call my true love to my dance:
Sing O my love, O my love, my love, my love;
This have I done for my true love.
Then was I born of a virgin pure,
Of her I took fleshly substance,
Thus [...]
The quality of mercy is not strained,
It falleth as the gentle rain from heaven, upon the place beneath,
It is twice blessed… (Shakespeare)
That eerie stillness of a house invaded by midnight has taken the cold air round me as I sit in this full-moon lit silence. I’m tired as all get out but my brain is [...]
It’s done!
The book is done! All 63,000 words of it. Oh my. Lord. Be. Praised! I don’t think I can articulate, or even grasp at this point, how good this feels. I’m singin’ the Hallelujah Chorus in my heart. Tonight when I whirl about on stage with a friend in the celebration scene at the [...]
