December is a wonderful time of the year
December
is here – with that most wonderful time of the year (to quote a
song) and there are some wonderful times scheduled at the Fosston
Community Library Arts Center.
If
you enjoy Christmas music ( and who doesn't, unless you are the
Grinch), make plans to attend a special Christmas recital by Orland
Aspen's vocal students on Sunday, December 11, at 7 p.m. This event
is free and refreshments will be served.
The
current display in the Sorenson Gallery isn't strictly for the
holidays, but its bright colors are just what we need to see during
these winter days. The artist is Darlene Busch, who currently lives
in Billings, Montana. She is originally from Climax and has relatives
in the Fosston area. Some of these abstract paintings are on loan
from them.
Book
club holiday meeting will be Tuesday, December 13, at 7 p.m. Bring a
treat to share and come discuss The
First Phone Call from Heaven by
Mitch Albom.
Writers' group will not meet in December, but may
resume in January if there is enough interest. Here is a poem I wrote
last year at this time. Maybe it will inspire you to think, “I
could do better than that.”
Christmas
Memories
The odor of lutefisk
wafts through the air
An unpleasant aroma
to me
Although there are
others that find it quite fair
And it does smell
like Christmas, you see.
The aunts and the
uncles most surely ate some
Of that “fish”
that my grandmother cooked.
As each Christmas
Eve to the farm they did come,
And the lefse was
not overlooked.
My parents, my
sisters, my cousins were there
The kids all so glad
for meatballs,
Potatoes with gravy,
dill pickles - such fare -
Even with butter
that “fish” it appalls.
The kitchen was busy
- baking was done-
Flatbread and
Julekage we ate
Krumkake, fattimand
(you can’t have just one )-
Sandbakkles and
spritz all on a plate.
But to the little
ones ’twas not just the meal.
Despite being
special, it was too long,
The waiting and
waiting became an ordeal.
We wanted those
presents - Was that so wrong?
Excitement,
excitement- Wait with the dishes -
The tree with the
presents is calling.
We needed to know:
Would we get our wishes?
Packages, packages -
what did they all bring?
Those days of my
childhood are so long gone now
With lutefish not on
our menu
But just a brief
whiff of that scent will allow
Time to turn back
for a moment or two.
Also
in December:
-Merry Christmas
storytime, Friday, December 16, 10:30 a.m.
-Chess holiday
gathering – Tuesday. December 20, 3:30 p.m.
-Saturday, December
24, & Monday, December 26, library closed for the Christmas
holiday.