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Frank, on Ice
What's it like being in an ice storm? a little frightening, exhilarating, noisy, yet, very cool. Would hug the wood stove, but you know... Found ourselves to be very resourceful when necessary, without any preparations prior to, and actually grateful for the snowfall that followed the ice storm, needed it to flush toilet, wash, etc. The photos I'm sending show damage on our property down around the lower garage, and represent nothing in comparison to what many other people had to deal with, death, home damage, vehicle... Up side to all this: plenty of firewood for all next year. Down side: looks like winter is here, and pissed off. ******* Jan, on Rain Very impressive and eerily gray. Hope Bob is okay. Before you got iced we got showered; more like being hosed with winds at 50. It took down a branch, and the night's power with it. Gilles and Priam were gone into their own little storm. Got up the next morning in long underwear (and robe); wandered out to free the hens, to assess the damage and the misplaced stuff strewn around the yard. Gilles and Priam were gone so doors were locked. Garage was locked. And Jan locked herself out In the rain in her long underwear, (and thankfully, her robe). I'll skip the two stanzas and the hour that followed, about trying to break in out of the pouring rain to the house with repaired windows; with the 'temporary' door, the human-proof dog entry, to where I finally phoned Helen who told me about the keys that Gilles showed her yesterday in that hiding spot I had picked more than a year ago. My own stupidity would have killed me had I been in an ice storm... [Bob and Priam are quadrupeds; Helen is a friend and a neighbor.] · · · · · ·
Frank Wycoff is a Thoreau-like biped who lives in the woods of upstate New York and Jan Baughman is a sometimes not-so-analytical scientist and Swans co-editor. Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this poem on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first paragraph or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted. All rights reserved. |
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