all of the stars in the heavens
stare at themselves in the river
none more vain than the other
moon looks on like a mother

wind says to tree, says to window
"sleep - go to sleep, go to sleep.
dream sweet dreams and remember;
snow falls deep in december"
'December,' by Porland, OR musician Rachel Taylor Brown, from 7 small winter songs, a 2007 album of ( Read more... )

It's finally begun, a dream come true for this wayward Prairie boy.

Snow.  Let me repeat that beautiful word:  snow.  Thick, silent flakes have begun to descend upon my neighbourhood tonight, and in less than two hours my world has been gloriously (albeit only temporarily) transformed.

Walking home after work tonight, I stopped and took off my ( Read more... )