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The cold, rainy days of March seem to have bled over into the usually warmer days of April, with more

I was nineteen years old and living in New York when I first met Juan. His family had come to

We attend a little country church in our rural community. I have been involved in many community events and have

It was still dark when the women arose from their beds, hurriedly put on their garments, and started down the

March did come in like the proverbial lion, howling ferociously and throwing his weight all around. He is still crouched

Welcome to the third month of the year already. The name comes from Martius, the first month of the earliest

A fine snow is sifting down upon the countryside, and the cows stand on the hillside and look bewildered at

Dewey picked up Emily’s yellow dress at the cleaners and drove it back to her here in the valley. They

“In winter’s cold and sparkling snow The garden in my mind does grow. I look outside to blinding white, And

BARNACLES By Sidney Lanier My soul is sailing through the sea, But the Past is heavy and hindreth me. The

“Tis the week after Christmas, and all through the house…“I wanted to leave my decorations up until New Year’s Day

It had been a hard year in our rural community. Lots of older people had passed away, leaving their spouses

Do you think it means I’m growing old When thoughts of winter snow Mean icy streets and frozen toes And

For years I’ve been able to watch the Christmas time of year through the eyes of a retail hardware store

I was dozing on the couch a few days before Christmas, when the scent of warm pine needles and candle

I’d like to climb on the wooden sled with Larry, and let Daddy pull us across the snow to hunt

Old Jasper Blankenship bought a deer license again this year, just as he’s done every year since Eisenhower was President.