So much depends upon . . .

so much depends

upon

a white frozen

pond

near the dark

mountain

beneath the blue

winter

sky

xx

Student Art: Ruby Holler

Have I said how much I 

LOVE

student artwork?

Love

love 

love

it.

A privileged glimpse

inside their heads.

Such gifts!

xx

Most Best and Dignified

(Click to enlarge)

"Beautiful"!

"Most best"!

"Dignified"!

Welllll, okayyyy!

Love this envelope.

(And the old wooden table beneath it is pretty cool, too.)

xx

The Boy on the Porch: first look

Whoah!

This really surprised me:

the arrival today of an 

advance reader's copy 

(ARC)

of 

THE BOY ON THE PORCH

!

It will be published in September.

I wasn't expecting an advance copy

so soon.

But here it is, a gift.

It's a book.

No longer sheets of paper

marked with corrections.

A book.

I'd better go read it.

Hope it's good.

xx

Cows

In the far pasture

the Belted Galloway cows

(the "Oreo Cows")

Zinny

(not a Belted Galloway)

the nose of

Zola

(a Belted Galloway)

Communion:

cow and girl

*

A year ago 

I finished a book

in which a boy loves a cow

not knowing that soon

my granddaughter would

love cows, too.

Cows.

Mm.

xx