
Outside the Lines

Outside the Lines
Marlene!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY (and a fabulous day to everyone else, too)!
Art by Louis John Rhead, 1895:

Scribner’s for Xmas
Christmas Eve by John Everett Millais, 1887:

Christmas Eve by John Everett Millais, 1887
Some of the lights on display at the Columbus Commons…

Columbus Commons
American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson was born on 22 December 1869:

Edwin Arlington Robinson
“Friends: people who borrow my books and set wet glasses on them.”–Edwin Arlington Robinson
“The first draft is just telling yourself the story.”—Terry Pratchett
A few pics from our quick anniversary getaway to Hocking Hills…

Little cabin in the snow

Wreath

Cheers!
“Never keep a poem waiting; it might be a really good one, and if you don’t get it down, it’s lost.”–Ruth Stone
Today marks exactly seven years of marriage to The Chef.
When we started dating, we lived in different cities. All of our early conversations were through the Internet (where we “met”) or phone.

My word! (Postcard circa 1910)
As such, I find the postcard couple (above) completely adorable. And, after seven years of wedded bliss, still entirely relatable.