warm socks, spaghetti / smell of babies, sleeping in / no in-laws this year

a gas fireplace / sleepy cat and down blanket / hibernation time

christmas tree is up / decorations and the lights / when is it over?

snow pants mittens hat / twenty minutes to put on / five seconds outside

snow up to my knees / shoveling is back-breaking / time for vacation

finals are ending / library slows to a stop / glad to have this job

winter holidays / so full of expectations / they never live up

one way leads nowhere / one is sure to change your life / but which one is which?

there's a paper jam / picture of a sequoia / busy reference desk