From: RJKe...@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 4:46:51 AM UTC-8, RAG Seely wrote:   
   > "The Woman of Snow"    
   >    
   > by R.A.G. Seely    
   >    
   > We were worn, in need of rest    
   > On a trail treach'rous chancy    
   > Icicles clung from stone crests    
   > The atmosphere was murky    
   >    
   > A snow storm struck us off guard    
   > In such details we could die    
   > Impaled by plunging ice shards    
   > Or swallowed in a snow slide    
   >    
   > One of my colleagues collapsed    
   > His sentence a certainty    
   > "You'll die if you sleep!" I rasped    
   > But I paused for breath briefly    
   >    
   > I felt fabric on my face    
   > A woman knelt beside me    
   > She held me in an embrace    
   > But her touch was brisk, icy    
   >    
   > Her garments, gossamery    
   > Her face albescent, aglow    
   > Had she come to rescue me?    
   > She was the Woman of Snow    
   >    
   > "My cabin's that way" I said    
   > Managing a vague gesture    
   > She steadfastly shook her head    
   > "The snow is warm," she whispered    
   >    
   > Round my neck she gripped tightly    
   > I saw evil in her eyes!    
   > I shoved her off vi'lently    
   > Shrieking, she merged with the sky    
   >    
   > I arose to the sun's rays    
   > My lodge was mere yards away    
   > I reposed at the fireplace    
   > And unwound with warm sake'    
   >    
   > -=RAGS=-   
      
   Hey Rags, they're talking about you over at Rochester Brewing Company:   
      
   https://rochesterkc.com/new-beer-alert-traditional-belgian-saison/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)