Poetry: XLV [Before the ice is in the pools] by Emily Dickinson
Before the ice is in the pools,
     Before the skaters go,
Or any cheek at nightfall
      Is tarnished by the snow,
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Song In My Head: Midwest Gospel Radio by Yonder Mountain String Band

Art: Jean Crotti’s Portrait of Edison

Quote: “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” – Edith Sitwell

Recipe: Beef & Barley Vegetable Soup

Anywhere But Here: Agongointo-Zoungoudo Archeological Park, Bohicon, Benin