COLD MOON

It has been frigid here in Freedom! But the cold has not kept me completely indoors. Monday evening I saw this sunset like light in the northeastern sky.  I went out to see.  Then I ran in and got my coat, half mittens, and camera...I should have grabbed a hat and full mittens.  I was halfway to the field before my eyelashes started to freeze but, it was worth it! I got to see this incredible moon rise!!

That is as long as I could take the cold before it started to hurt.  I ran in and got one more glimpse through a window from the safety and warmth of our house!

Winter Moon Through A Third Eye

Staring out the frosted glass,
I ponder there, alone.
The moon, at its fullest, its highest peak,
all I can think of are words.
Words flowing off that fullest moon,
being born from my ink stained pen.
I write those words upon the page;
my heart flowing with the ink.
The soon winter night inspires me.
Staring out the frosted glass:
I glimpse eternity. 

Adam M. Snow

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/winter-moon-through-a-third-eye/

Winter Light

 Winter solitude--

in a world of one color

the sound of wind.

Basho

This was today's light.  I tried to delay my walk in order to enjoy the sunshine that was predicted for today.  But Runa, my dog, could not wait.  Her need allowed me to experience a wonderful winter glow as the sun was making it's entrance.  It was particularly quiet today.  The wind was a low whisper.  I was in peaceful solitude, enveloped in the serene energy of the world around me. I send you a sigh of contentment.

The Cold ~~~ Wendell Berry

How exactly good it is

to know myself

in the solitude of winter,

my body containing its own

warmth, divided from all

by the cold; and to go

separate and sure

among the trees cleanly

divided, thinking of you

perfect too in your solitude,

your life withdrawn into

your own keeping

--to be clear, poised

in perfect self-suspension

toward you, as though frozen.

And having known fully the

goodness of that, it will be

good also to melt.