Thursday, July 31, 2008

Winter Wind: Epilogue


Winter Wind blew
through each little crack,
through empty pockets.
Winter Wind blew snow
across the freshly plowed driveway
bringing harsh reality home.
winter wind blew us a-w-a-y- - - - - - -

~kathiesbirds (1997)


Epilogue: With Gus and I both attending college along with our oldest child and three more at home we were not able to buy the Yellow House. We moved out 2 days before Christmas into a rental home where we lived for the next 2 ½ years while we finished school. Money was tight and winter temperatures fell to -35F with wind-chills of -50F, but we survived and graduated from college and moved away from the frozen north. The Yellow House still stands on Rt. 1 in Westfield, though it is no longer yellow and part of the old barn has fallen down. I’m glad I lived there when I did. I hope you enjoyed my memories in art and poetry. There is more to this story and maybe someday I will tell it.


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3 comments:

  1. Great illustration, simple and colorful to match the poem.

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  2. Thanks for sharing some of your life and I will look forward to hearing more, just stopping by to say Hi.

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  3. bookbabie, thank you.

    Margaret cloud, welcome and thanks for stopping by!

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