White Christmas (haibun)

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© Clr '14-12-11
© Clr ’14-12-11

December 23rd, the temperatures rose over 10 degrees Celsius. It was springtime weather at the end of December.  Two days of rain cleaned the streets, sullied snow banks and melted most of the snow. Makes it doubly hard for half-doubters..one of my three grandsons… to still believe but painstaking stories, Crosby’s songs and want-to-believe children makes it still happen…one more year.

grey puddles
born from melted snow
earth’s enigma

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White Christmas
fairy-tales echo
crooner’s refrain

© Tournesol ’14

Carpe Diem White Christmas

41 responses to “White Christmas (haibun)”

  1. Brenda Davis Harsham Avatar
    Brenda Davis Harsham

    Merry Christmas!!

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    1. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
      Cheryl-Lynn

      Merry Christmas, Brenda…I fell asleep on my laptop trying to get these two posts out but smell of burning pastries roused me:)

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      1. Brenda Davis Harsham Avatar
        Brenda Davis Harsham

        Oh no! I hope your pastries were ok. 🙂 I am in middle of trying to learn the game Belfort (Bellfort??), but it is maddening! We took a dinner break. We’ve been trying to play for 4 hours!!! That’s too long for a game to take up the table.

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      2. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        Gee reminds me the year Santa brought us a Monopoly game in the 60’s! and then playing Canasta. Is it fun?

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      3. Brenda Davis Harsham Avatar
        Brenda Davis Harsham

        It turn out to be fun, but it took so long to play, I’m not sure if anyone will play again!! LOL

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  2. kaykuala h Avatar
    kaykuala h

    Melted snows in places not too bad. White Christmas mornings are nice! Wonderful lines Jules!
    Merry Christmas and happy hols!

    Hank

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  3. Hamish 'Managua' Gunn Avatar
    Hamish ‘Managua’ Gunn

    Amazing about the temperatures! Merry Christmas..

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    1. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
      Cheryl-Lynn

      Merry Christmas, Hamish, the snow helps to get through those very short days….with the sun setting at 4pm., it is so bleak…hope for some snow soon.

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  4. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
    The Muscleheaded Blog

    I hope you have some good weather for the New Year !

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    1. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
      Cheryl-Lynn

      Welll people travelling cannot complain about the weather but a bit of snow would be nice:)

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      1. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        ACK !!! Say NO to SNOW !!! 😀

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      2. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        Snow is pretty and lights up the dark days …sun sets at 4pm. now…way too early. I think I need a break and should go visit my friend in Key West sooner rather than later.

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      3. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        I love Key West…. great people, food, and sunshine.
        Jeeez…. I might beat you to it. 😀

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      4. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        I have never been to Florida period. I went to California twice but never Fl…you can beat me there, you live so much closer…not fair.

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      5. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        Much, much closer — but still a long, long drive.
        I think I might have to fly next time. 😀

        :-O Never been to FLA ??? :-O
        A little crowded, but there’s some very nice beaches.

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      6. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        Too many Quebecois go to Miami and Ft Lauderdale for a vacation for me to to get away from home…haha…Key West should be fine.

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      7. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        There are many Canadians in the Keys, but it’s a wonderful mix of everybody from everywhere. 🙂

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      8. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        Yes and that is what I like. My childhood friend is from here too. I hear there are many artists and writers there too.

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      9. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        Yes, you could say it’s as Bohemian as you can get in the Southern U.S. 🙂

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      10. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        perfect!

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      11. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        Yes, I feel the same way. If it was good enough for Ernest Hemingway and Anais Nin, it’s plenty good enough for me. 🙂

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      12. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        Hemingway used to frequent a pub called Hemingway, now in Toronto (Yorkville) once was the hippie part of TO but has become the yuppie part now.

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      13. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        Cool deal, man!
        When you go down to Key West, you can visit his winter home — it’s still kept in it’s original condition, there’s still about 2 dozen cats all over the place, and it’s right next to where his favorite fighting cock is buried.

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      14. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        Cats? Well now does that mean he was a cat lover or they just like hiding there?

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      15. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        He was an animal lover — but these are special cats.
        6 toed.
        Yep.

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      16. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        Oh I saw some when I was searching cat rescues to find my cat…cool!! I should make a list of things to visit when I go then.

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      17. The Muscleheaded Blog Avatar
        The Muscleheaded Blog

        I did a blog on Key West a couple months ago, if you’re interested in reading it…

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  5. adaspoetryalcove Avatar
    adaspoetryalcove

    Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Great read!

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    1. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
      Cheryl-Lynn

      Thank you, it was.

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  6. martha0stout Avatar
    martha0stout

    We had an unusually warm winter all the way up until Wednesday night when a snow storm finally blew in. It snowed all day yesterday ( in varying amounts) and the snow is still here this morning!

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    1. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
      Cheryl-Lynn

      Well that’s nice for your holiday then. Did you move by the way??

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      1. martha0stout Avatar
        martha0stout

        Not just yet…

        It always takes a long time to get to the move part, but when we do, we move really quickly.

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      2. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
        Cheryl-Lynn

        Bet your dog is enjoying the snow …careful walking though.

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  7. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    Here it was quite the opposite.. Christmas turned cold (though not very white) and now it’s minus 10 in the night..

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    1. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
      Cheryl-Lynn

      I would trade for some snow right now…wishing you a happy holidays, Bjorn:)

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  8. Paislee Blu Avatar
    Paislee Blu

    Uh-oh, burning pastries! I remember long games of Monopoly–thank you for that!

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    1. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
      Cheryl-Lynn

      Oh, I must write a story about that game and how it came about. The burnt pastries were still delicious stuffed with cheese and brocoli…what is not to like…just crunchier:)

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      1. Paislee Blu Avatar
        Paislee Blu

        Oh those sound soooooo good!

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  9. Bastet Avatar
    Bastet

    Hope you had a great Christmas and Feast of St. Steven …. I liked the closing line: Crosby’s songs and want-to-believe children makes it still happen…one more year … and the haiku were lovely.

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    1. Cheryl-Lynn Avatar
      Cheryl-Lynn

      Grazie, cara…the children make it all worth it, don’t they and they help maintain that spirit…we all want to believe. Big hugs to you, Georgia, it was a great feast with wonderful company. xx

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      1. Bastet Avatar
        Bastet

        Happy that you had such a wonderful time … big hugs to you too cara. xx

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