I am surprised and pleased to learn that 3rd Wednesday Magazine has shared my black and white photograph, “Enigma Café,” on their blog this week.

To celebrate, I am sharing a color photo of a different café, one here in Northfield. Later today, I shall be mulling over the poems I have written, trying to decide if any of them are worthy of being submitted to the magazine’s annual contest (deadline: February 15, 2021.)

This image reassures me, as I contemplate the week ahead replete with sub-zero temperatures, that before too long the air will grow balmy again, and we will be able to shed wooly hats, mittens, snow boots, down parkas, and even sweaters (if not yet masks!)