An Announcement

Metaphor
by Sylvia Plath

I'm a riddle in nine syllables,
An elephant, a ponderous house,
A melon strolling on two tendrils.
O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!
This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.
Money's new-minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples,
Boarded the train there's no getting off.

Christmastime is Here

Finally! We've had a slow start this year because we all got the stomach flu and were out of things for about a week. Yuck. Anyway, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas - aren't these the cutest pajamas ever?