snow

Friday, the tenth of December, 2019

It is silent in the house this morning.

The son's

alarms do not sound any more, he has gone to

the youth hostel for the all night choir practice,

preparation for the school choir's christmas concert.

It is silent, get up, get dressed. Sit down to look

at the news.-that all of the politicians are playing their power games all in their own

name and not in that of their voters

-The

British have lived up to their prejudice, they have put their nationalism before common sense,

The cat has her

hind feet on the ground,

and her front paws on The corduroy knee.

She looks up, makes a croaking noise,

and then leaps up onto the knees, turns twice and settles down. Run the left hand over her head, listen to her now-mommenced purring. She is content, the human legs are warmm the human's hands smooth her fur. Her eyes close, she makes a high-pitched purring noise as she purrs out her satisfaction. Stay for a while, take time, then it is time to make the first café da manha, to start the day.
Carefully pick the cat up from the knees and put her onto the bed.

And out in the kitchen use the meanwhile heated coffee machine to make a big cup of coffee, a full cup of brown brew.

The cup is by Apilcao, a french firm.

And much later, in the cafe at work

during the midday break from work,

watch the snow fall, tentatively at first,

and then everything is covered in white

mush.

It is ten days to Christmas, ✓ always

snows around two weeks before Christmas

and then it all clears up again for

Christmas day.