January 5 & January 13 by Julie Fogliano & Illus by Julie Morstad

January 5 

i would not mind, at all

to fall

if i could fall

like snowflakes

(more drift and swirl

than tumble thump

more gentle float

than ouch and bump)

the most perfect way of all

to fall

is to fall

 and fall 

like snowflakes.

January 13

other than the cows

everyone has gone

either into or underneath

curled up and covered

but the cows just stand

black and blinking

not noticing that it is cold

and snowing

and everyone has gone. 

                                                                             --from When Green Becomes Tomatoes

Keep warm, my friends! We had a cold snowday today. Our windchill was -38 this morning, so none of the local schools were open.

My brother's and father's cows, amazingly, are not too fazed by this weather. They huddle together, find a windbreak, and ask only to have more food. Cows are amazing. And so enduring. I kind of love cows.