Friday, December 25, 2009


At noon, December 25, 2009, a lone piper played "Amazing Grace" on the front porch of 7 Echo Point Circle in Wheeling. For Posy who grew up and played under the giant Sycamore trees near the house, for Judy, who reared five children in a house long gone, and for all those who lived in and loved Echo Point... Robert, Anne, Susan, Robert, James, Rose, James, Catharine, Edward and Jane... rest in peace on this glorious Christmas Day.  (thank you, thank you, Patrick)




Tuesday, December 8, 2009

On Posy's Christmas Card several years ago...(the card was hand made)
     "And at night we win to the ancient inn
      Where the child in the frost is furled,
      We follow the feet where all souls meet
      At the inn at the end of the world.

      The gods lie dead where the leaves lie red,
      For the flame of the sun is flown.
      The gods lie cold where the leaves lie gold
      And a Child comes forth alone."

     ...G.K. Chesterton~ " A Child of the Snows"