January and February from the Hill

January and February are the darkest months, and the coldest, and the snowiest. In our part of the world, this is the time when the rocks lose the last of their Autumn heat and the earth itself heaves with frost.”
By Hal Borland

Crocuses

“The crocuses are grooming
Beneath the sequined snow
To make a dazzling debut
At spring’s first garden show.”
“Canny Crocuses”
By Ethel Turley

Man shot to death in Mattapan

Boston Police report officers responded to 60 Goodale Rd. around 5:40 this morning to find a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound.

He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died later in the day. Police are describing him only as black and 22.

Post- Thanksgiving

“That chill is in the air
Which the wise know well…
This joy, I know
Will soon be under snow.”
By Edna St. Vincent Millay