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Marilyn Moss Rockefeller's avatar

I love this Richard. And, I add to Nancy's comment. Where have our "real snowy days and weeks" gone? Being snowed-in with a soup or stew on the stove and a fire in the fireplace is a heaven to me.

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Nancy Harmon Jenkins's avatar

Lovely, Richard, a tribute to a lost poet (lost to most Americans, that is)--I think of him as the Caravaggio of literature. Their lives mirror each other so exquisitely. Ou sent les neiges d'ansan is what I cry every year in Maine as our snows of yesteryear have so diminished. Right now we have a gorgeous cover but it's about to disappear as the globe warms and the rains descend.

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Nancy Harmon Jenkins's avatar

I should have gone over that again. I caught neiges, turned into beiges by Spellcheck, but somehow antan became ansan.

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Richard Goodman's avatar

Thanks, Nancy. I was actually going to mention Caravaggio, but I didn't want to go too far astray. We're in Colorado now, experiencing some winter, which is great. I may be teaching at Salt Water Farm in July if the class fills. Did you get my e-mail of a few weeks ago? I hope we can see one another somehow. All my best. Richard

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Peter Selgin's avatar

Lovely as usual. Happy New Year, Richard!

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Richard Goodman's avatar

Thank you, Peter. I always appreciate your response. I wish you and your book great success in 2025!

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