Saturday

still cold but no wind
it felt almost warm
up in the woods
sawing stacking hauling splitting
(it's easy to make sense of firewood)
cooking chicken and dumplings
tomorrow's food done today,
slowly.

across the mountain tonight for supper
shrimp wine pie brandy talk laughter
long drive back
three quarter wonky moon guiding
happy dogs and cats
stir the fire
then to bed,
and dreams.