Veronica 

          Her name was Veronica and she was in the kitchen early mixing up something

and sliding it off a plate into a sizzling fry pan. Rinny stirred in the bed as the smell of 

a fresh breakfast reached his nose. Veronica was from Florida and the sight of newly 

fallen snow was still new to her. Rinny came up to her and kissed the back of her 

neck. "Mmmm, she smiled, how'd you sleep?" "Great, thanks, what smells so good?' 

"We call it alligator stew, she laughed."Green peppers and tomatoes mostly, lots of 

onions and potatoes from last night too." 

     The sun was bright in the back yard. His heart was light too. It was going to be one

very warm day in January in southern Vermont.