thanks, I needed that. the coffee is hot and strong
and good. it's already a quarter to two. thanks too
for what you wrote. I hope you can imagine how good
it is to get your letters. will it sound strange to
you if I say you've changed my life? you have. it's
so amazing talking to someone that I don't really
know at all. but I am beginning to. people can be so
fine. you are.

this isn't really poetry or anything. I just decided
to make the lines shorter so I'm not tempted to try
to tell you everything that's going on here, in my
life I mean, in my world such as it is. last week I
was walking into my house. it had been snowing and
I saw three pine cones on the tree outside my door.
I stopped and looked at them amazed.