The Holiday Seasons are here!

And my wish to all of my beloved friends and family... keep your hearts warm, your spirit joyous, and your arms in a loving embrace. I love you all! Happy Holidays!! ~Kali

On the first day of winter,
the earth awakens to the cold touch of itself.
Snow knows no other recourse except
this falling, this sudden letting go
over the small gnomed bushes, all the emptying trees.
Snow puts beauty back into the withered and malnourished,
into the death-wish of nature and the deliberate way
winter insists on nothing less than deference.
waiting all its life, snow says, "Let me cover you."
- Laura Lush, The First Day of Winter