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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.
Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.
November 10, 2025 at 12:13pm November 10, 2025 at 12:13pm
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Prompt: Winter
What do you enjoy or dislike the most about winter's approaching and what do you look forward to when you think especially about the winter of this year?
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Enjoying winter or not depends on where you or I live and what our likes and dislikes are.
When we lived up north, I didn't enjoy my car skidding on ice. Once, on a very cold day, I was giving a lift to a friend who lived far from us. We made it to her home just fine, and after saying our goodbyes, I left. On my way back, my car skidded 360 degrees on LI Expressway. Luckily, almost no other vehicle was around at that instant, and I could keep on driving, but it was a big scare. That, I didn't like...and never forgot! Still, in those days, there were many things I enjoyed about winter. Let me count the ways:
*The smell from the wood-burning fireplaces or bonfires.
*Hot coffee, hot cocoa, hot cider, and peppermint-spiced teas when enjoyed especially with family and friends
* Cooking for family and friends
* Sweaters and hooded coats and parkas
* Popcorn and candy canes, which I don't touch anymore
* All kinds of pies, comfort food, and carbohydrates
* Our black dog making his way through the white snow
* My whole family gathering around the fireplace
* Roasting a huge fish over the fire in the fireplace
* Telling my sons stories I mostly made up so they don't stay out too long and catch cold
* As a whole family, us watching the same show on TV
* The picturesque view of snow on the huge trees and the ground outside, and at night, the light from a full moon on the same landscape.
This was then. As for now, here in Florida, winter is the tourist season. That means more difficult driving on the crowded streets and highways. And as for ice and snow, that would be something to see once in several years, if ever.
On the other hand, especially here in south Florida, the weather is usually excellent with highs in temperature, mostly in the 70s and 80s, ideal for boating, golfing, and other fun things to do. Also, many towns hold local activities like dolphin spotting in Clearwater and the Holiday Boat Parade in Daytona Beach. For baseball fans, most good teams hold their spring training in Florida, with some starting in late winter--Mets near where I am, for example--and people can watch their favorite players as they train, sometimes free of charge.
When all is said and done, I think, enjoying winter (or not), depends on the person. As for me, I feel endless gratitude for having experienced winter for so many years in several different places on the globe. This may only be because winter always has something eccentric and quirky to offer in any climate or place.
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