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Winter Window

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If you are going to have winter, have a fine winter window. Make it beautiful so you remember to love what is cold and difficult. Make yourself happy with the frost. ________________ Originally published in 2016

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Survival Varnish

Posted on October 14, 2024 by

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It’s that time of the year when we start wearing hats in the house. And one of us starts wringing her hands in an effort, I think, to keep the blood circulating. Somehow, we have become philosophically opposed to turning on the heat before… Continue Reading “Survival Varnish”

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Winter Window

Posted on January 14, 2016 by

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If you are going to have winter, have a fine winter window. Make it beautiful so you remember to love what is cold and difficult. Make yourself happy with the frost.  

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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