Coming out of hibernation (or out of hiatus)

Which, I know, sounds crazy because this is January and, on the day I start this post we’ve had a freezing rain warning, a flash freeze warning and a wind chill warning. All in less than twelve hours! Who comes out of hibernation under these conditions?

Well, there are a couple of reasons. One is, I have some new things to say, and I’m going to start saying them on the 1st and 15th of every month – for now, anyway – and see if that schedule works.

The second is because my nine-year-old has graciously allowed me to post a paragraph he wrote while looking out the plane window on our way home from Wales. I love it, and posting it here seems like as good a way as any to break this hiatus.

Clouds

“Clouds are a natural work of art. They stretch across the skies of the vast world. They resemble a sea textured with everlasting ripples. Tufts of white rise above the sea like islands in the sea.”

I really like this, but more than that, I really like that my son thinks it’s perfectly normal to compose a paragraph about something he’s seeing, and to grab my notebook and write it down. I wasn’t doing that when I was nine, so I wonder what he’ll be doing by the time he’s my age.

Back again soon, with something different to say.