A Pillow Book: On Juxtapositions

7. Lush red berries frosted with snow. Bald warm-toned stones dripping with icicles. A blissful hush has taken the snow-plunged world.

8. Seagulls careen over snow-pack deposited by a winter storm, the green or brown they are normally perched upon suddenly blanketed in frosty white. Neighbors toss bits of crackers into the air as the birds circle, nabbing crumbs from a dank sky the color of their wings. Afterwards they bob contentedly on the surface of the cove, pleased, as if they’ve had a ro...