Alas, some snow still, Doug, but like you, Patrick, at least I am spared swaddling clothes and the anointed one these days. Bill On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 at 6:36 AM, Patrick McManus < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > cheers Bill and Doug at least my friends don't send me baby Jesuses in > > mangers any more:-) > > > > > > On 04/01/2017 17:23, Douglas Barbour wrote: > > > What indeed, Bill? So do yours have all those snow-covered trees? > > > > > > Doug > > >> On Jan 3, 2017, at 9:28 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > >> > > >> Peace in the bin > > >> Joy trashed > > >> What else to do > > >> with last year's > > >> Christmas cards > > >> > > >> bw > > > Douglas Barbour > > > [log in to unmask] > > > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & > Continuations 2 (UofAPress). > > > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > > > > > > Venerable Optimist > > > > > > He saw the dark as a ragged garment > > > spread out to air. > > > Through its rents and moth-holes > > > the silver light came pouring. > > > > > > Denise Levertov > >