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Leslie Avon Miller

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Winter Solstice





Clear and five degrees.

Perfectly still this solstice morning,
in bone-cracking cold. Nothing moving,
or so one might think, but as I walk the road,
the wind held in the heart of every tree
flows to the end of each twig and forms a bud.

~Ted Kooser
from Winter Morning Walks: one hundred postcards to Jim Harrison





I'm getting out decorations for the little tree. I opened a tiny decoration, a little mouse with a candy cane, given to me by my Mom. I cried. Right after that I opened another tiny little ornament, a bell in the shape of a little caroler wearing a red suit. My grandmother tied her on my white tissue paper wrapped package every year when I was a little girl. I smiled. I hadn’t anticipated finding these memories in the ornament boxes today. These women are gone now from the face of the earth, but still in my heart.

6 comments:

  1. Yes. Love leaves reminders for us that never leave. Thinking too of my mother, grandmother, all who helped me and gave me life. xo

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  2. when we are young, we are so eager to make memories and then all of a sudden it seems, we actually have so many of them - looks like your snowbound is going to last a few more days - enjoy!

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  3. So wonderful you have such beautiful memories to remember.
    Enjoy this time...
    Your painting evoke a joyful stillness...the dancing marks, just wonderful.

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  4. I miss my mother very much and love her still. I will remember all the good things she did when I was young.

    Your winter painting ... love the white mood

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  5. I cry every year when I decorate the tree. Floods of memories.

    It was five degrees here this morning, too! Brrrr!!

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  6. Thank you Judy, for visiting. Thats true; love leaves reminders.

    Jeane: I got out to my day job yesterday. The main streets were just wet. Thick slush on side streets. Are you out and about yet?

    Jo: Thanks. I like this one too. In person, these high key works have more texture. White is difficult to photograph.

    I L B & W: Love those Moms, miss them too.

    Willow: I wonder how many of us do shed a tear or two as well pull the memories from the Christmas storage boxes? Thanks for visiting.

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