comfort

 twenty something degrees

 and cold means comfortable.

while waiting in the car

sitting in the sun.

war ukraine

 war is disturbing. a monster let out among us.  we can hardly get away. a million people have tried. families, small children. mothers and fathers on the run.

 where are the old buildings?  8 and pieces. favorite chairs and dishes. treasures passed down in families. could not carry it away.  

in transit.  who will plant the family garden this year? remember the neighbors so steady in the good times. love and kindness will remind us.

Deer so

 the fur on the deer

 is durable like double pane glass,

giving protection to thirty below.

for a deer to chew a shrub is like finding

 a breakfast of bacon, toast and eggs

 over easy.  deer have good imaginations.

winter break

 sunny and warmer is the current 

condition.

this could signify that extreme cold

and heavy snow has finished for this year.

i imagine most of us are in agreement

that the time is right.