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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Words: Audible, Edible

Let It Snow! & Alphabet Soup
by Susan Branch


"Antiphanes said merrily,
that in a certain city the cold was so intense
that words were congealed as soon as spoken,
but that after some time
they thawed and became audible;
so that the words spoken in winter
were articulated next summer."


Plutarch, (46 - 120)
1st Century Biographer
born Greek but later became a Roman citizen

Waiting for the Thaw