"way cool" jay..thanks for taking a break and discribing it in such a wonderful way...just the perfect thing to read when i got home from work..had my own "mini" vacation for a moment or two reading your words...see joy

>From: drewclan@aol.com >Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com >To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [LbNA] House boxes >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:15:40 -0000 > >I need to slow down. A quiet day at home today, alone. Unusual for a >weekday: in fact, can't remember the last. A to-do list. Ignoring it, >I sit out back in the summer gazebo listening to the sounds of my >unknown daytime neighborhood. Snowmelt drips from the roof. A shrike >cries. Hammers pound the distance. A quiet mood, gifts of Alan Furst >and Nick Drake. Wonder if my children will call? Suddenly, a smile >that means "house box!" Floating up from a subliminal depth, that >thought. We could have a house box, a family stamp. It could be a >puzzle, it could be a gift to our guests. Now? Do it? Jump to it? No, >sit a while longer in summer wicker while this winter sun and this >extraordinary moment last. Then. > >Jay in winter backyard dreaming CT > >< >><

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