Contemplating Warm Memories on a Cold Day
Sometimes snowy day make me feel cozy and sometimes they make me feel contemplative. Today was what you might call a Snowbound Saturday , and while it was mostly a cozy one- watching out the window as Wesley & Gavin did the shoveling, working on indoor projects without needing to stir abroad, finishing a good book over chocolate- it also put me in the frame of mind to miss my friends who are far away... And to remember... The imprint of a stockinged foot on the woodstove door. Tea bags in the sink. A cozy cabin back an icy lane. And, in particular, a silly little poem learned, oh, about 12 or 13 Winters ago, while in the company of two such missed friends... I looked the poem up and had such a good laugh over the accompanying Pooh & Piglet story that I decided that everyone else needed the chance to be warmed by it as well! You may wish to go here to read the entire chapter! ONE day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something,...