JANUARY

Photo/Collage by S. Auberle

Bright sunshine this morning, 4 below zero. Though I'm one of winter's greatest fans, I must admit I'm not a fan of such windchill temperatures that you can't be outside for any length of time without danger of frostbite. But there's a hearty breakfast this morning of sunny-side up eggs and cornmeal mush--comfort food that takes you back to childhood mornings when all the world was bright, below zero or not.

Wrote this poem a few years ago, but it fits:

Five degrees

this 24th day of January

and about this time

winter begins to hurt

but the black brush

of crow wings

still inks

this white sky

a Chinese painting

in flowing progress

cracked voices singing

all is joy...

- mimi