Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Winter in the Wetlands




The snow has melted on my patio

The lawn is stlll green,

But just past my place is


Winter in the wetlands.


The ground, still frozen, 

has a blanket of snow

covering the leaves of Fall.


The trees stand naked.

Stepping out of the frozen ice of the swamp,

they reach for the sun:

the rosy dawn

wrapping them in warmth.



The sun rises above the treeline

like an innocent waking child 

poking her head out of the blanket of snow---

 joy-filled, happy to see me.

And I am happy to see her, too

radiating a spot of warmth on a 

cold  Winter’s day.




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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.