January 1 Small Stones

As usual, I am starting the year participating in the “Mindful Writing Challenge,” posting “small stones” each day of this month–just brief observations.

For today:

On clear days, I see the crisp outline of Grandfather Mountain. We have grown to expect brilliant sunsets.

Seeing the white sky, the bare trees
where weeks ago, autumn had used
all the crayons in the box, I looked
for “palimpsest” in the dictionary.