santos scribes

12.4 today  

harder than  

it has to be 

my disposition 

doesn’t help either

12.5 today

a walk 

beneath the barren trees 

holding their empty nests 

I count plenty 

12.6 today 

sixty years later 

Rudolf  

(the Red Nosed Reindeer) 

with them 

12.7 today  

our Nutcracker tradition 

continues and g r o w s 

12.8 today  

sleigh bells 

re imagined

12.16 today  

an exoskeleton: 

what is here, leaves 

or stays  

cocooned in a curtain  

somewhere 

12.18 today, tonight 

Christmas lights  

and ice cream  

waffle cones & wonder 

at every turn  

12.20 today the sun  

sets a fiery sky  

of oceanic blues & startling grays 

just beyond the treetops

12.24 today, Christmas Eve

12.27 today  

hearts in pavement 

love stuck 

I count two 

12.29 today; I am here. 

12.30 today  

the wind(s) 

of reckoning 

of knowing 

of change 

about this writing

ending 2024 with a sampling of some of my most memorable December Signs of Life ~ picking just 12 to share was a challenge but keeping the rest tucked up with me felt all kinds of kismet too ~ wishing you & yours a safe and healthy New Year, see you in 2025 ! xo, s.