sheepish i say to my students
about zooming rather than driving to town
to meet in person for an hour
on the slippery but not super blizzardy snow
i also call myself den mother
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each shovelful of snow so light
like the kind that falls in movies
i shuffle my feet around in the fluff
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honna and i rejoicing about the sun
that came out this morning
from our hundred and twenty some miles apart
my sun only lasted for an hour or so
but i’m hoping hers stayed out all day
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eating homemade pizza
and roasted brussels sprouts
i show juniper my
making-a-channel-with-a-match trick
on the beeswax candle
to allow the wax to drip
in order to bring more light