Tag Archives: winter
Offer
Two thousand years ago and two thousand years hence, it made little difference what gifts are brought; the only thing that matters is that they are given in reverence.
Dec 24th
Every year, the same traditions, the same memories binding us together. There are those who think of them as a mud that weighs down our feet, keeps us from moving. I like to think they are the mortar that holds … Continue reading
What It Is About Christmas
“Dunno what it is about Christmas,” she said, looking down at her empty hands. Chipped nails fiddle with the fraying edges of her cheap fingerless gloves. “Sometimes I duck into the churches that stay open overnight. Around this time of … Continue reading
Haiku For You
Freezing dark water from icy heavens, heavy: tears of the Fallen.
Aching in the Bones
The anticipation of winter begins with an aching in the bones and is followed soon after by an aching far deeper. In the root of me, well below and beyond, I have been excavated, hollowed out — not in preparation … Continue reading