Some Happy Holiday wishes, a Post-Apocalypse Christmas Poem, Holiday Rejection Coal and a Snow Day in Seattle!

Why yes, the weather outside is frightful and the news most un-delightful.  But here we’ve been trying to salvage as much holiday joy as possible. We did have a surprise snow day (we had about three inches, which is more than we’d gotten in the previous five years!) which lasted about a day. It stuck around long enough for us to introduce out kitten to her first snow and but didn’t get us from getting out to a RASP/VALA holiday party to see some old friends and even competed in a surprise poetry slam!

We also had a couple of poetry friends over this weekend to celebrate all the Woodinville holiday season had to offer – wineries decked out in Christmas décor, and all sorts of fancy tableaux at Molbak’s. We had champagne and exchanged poetry gifts (pens! books of poetry!) It was nice to have some writer-friend time (especially in the face of – sigh – one more NEA rejection. Thanks for the lump of coal!)

I’ll have a more serious-type health update post soon, but for now, keeping it light, so…

Here’s a poem from Field Guide to the End of the World that is both Christmas-oriented AND post-apocalyptic, which seems appropriate for this 2016 holiday season.