Hi Sue, good to see you working again. You make my heart glad for you.
This is a quietly evocative piece to be enjoyed at Christmas like fruit cake
or a glass of mulled wine and a fire burning brightly in the grate.
Have a good Christmas my friend and enjoy a healthy New Year. Arthur
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Scalf" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:21 PM
Subject: Distant Voices
> Distant Voices
>
> Bare trees, white hills, and snow,
> a flake or two blown from a drift
> beside the road, a moon riding high,
> cold. Winter floats a foggy breath
> in curls of smoke that cling to roofs,
> hang low, then join a cloud
> with sparks borne upon an updraft.
> Windows glow. In side, the family sits,
> heads bent over books, puzzles,
> in quiet companionship. There is no sound
> except the shift of logs, a ticking clock.
> The house is beating like a heart.
> Christmas descends with white wings,
> the scene of apples and evergreens,
> and above the house in darkest night
> the milky foam of stars.
>
> Sue Scalf
>
>
> May Christmas bring you love and health and may the New Year lie before
you
> like untrodden snow, a canvas for dreams to fill. Sue
>
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