IT'S DECEMBER?! (Christmas and Apples Galore)

DEAR
      Fellow PSL lovers:
             It's the crazy, overly-commercialized season of cold and snow and cookies! Yay. Anywho, I have decided that it's time I picked up blogging again. I need to do something constructive, right? I decided to post a new poem every day until Christmas to celebrate noticing the beauty around you in everything. After that, I'll be posting poems regularly, just not every day. Hope you like them!

            Quickly, though, OH MY GREAT GOLLY GOODNESS, you must check out some fantastic Christmas music by my favorite acapella group, Pentatonix. Click here to listen to the gorgeous Pentatonix Xmas Music!

         Annnnd here is poem number one! Enjoy. Share this blog (and the Xmas playlist!) with your friends, it would be greatly appreciated!

The first red bite was love without sight; 

crisp, bright. The colors of autumn 

flooded my mouth– the taste of 

cold sunshine as it drips, 

shimmering, between 

my stiff fingers 

as they reach 

for the 

branch.

Apple 

         Yes, the title is at the end. I love poems, because you can change the rules any way you like! And apples are red. That's Christmassy, right? ;)

With Plenty of Spice And Everything Nice,

Joélle.

Relaxable Pickles

DEAR
      Frenzied Christmas shoppers:
           Hello, there! It's been a while, hasn't it? UPDATE: I have acid reflux, I'm getting a professional vocal coach, I tried out for America's Got Talent. Anything else? Oh, yeah. IT'S NEARLY CHRISTMAS AND I LOVE CHRISTMASTIME DEARLY. I love Christmas so much, I've even influenced my cat to get excited about it.

           Back to organised ideas: yes, I have acid reflux. It stinks. I can't currently eat any of the yummy things I enjoy the most, like tomatoes, lemonade, Italian food, Cajun food, jalapeños, oranges, and chili. I'M DYING, GUYS. Not really, but it feels like it. At least I'll always have my chocolate. I will never give up chocolate.

           I tried out for America's Got Talent last week, and it went really well! There were not very many people there (a thousand or so altogether, I'd guess), and I didn't mess up my piano playing, I didn't miss a note, and my singing was spot on. I felt like I was in another dimension for a moment. Then I stopped singing and reality switched back on. The people who watched me said I did very well. :) The callbacks don't start until February, and run through April, so I'm not holding my breath, but it was definitely a positive experience.

         What else? Ah, how about some Christmassy-themed humor? I was ruffling (that's what I call it) through a magazine last Christmas, and I unearthed some pretty wacky things that were for sale:

1) stretchable flying reindeer  

2) relaxable pickles

3) reindeer rubber duckies (complete with the red nose and antlers, of course!)

4) inflatable Christmas trees 

5) x-treme winter rubber duckies (there was the duckie- and then there was the x-treme duckie... dun, dun, dunnn!)

6) and finally- wait for it- large neon stretchy noodle ball yo-yos.

        Try saying that last one three times in a row....... : D Happy Christmas, Merry New Year, and a wonderful Chanukah to all! ...I'm going to go eat cookies now. 

With More Tape Than Wrapping Paper,

Joélle.