Author’s Notes

GLASS RAIN – Margaret Roxby

“AWAKENING” describes a scene familiar to the author who lived for 30 years in West Virginia where snowy Christmases were frequent.

REFRACTIONS—a poem by Robert Roxby

“RED BRICK HOUSE” first appeared in the author’s collected poems, Reflections on a Lifetime.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—works by Kathleen Roxby

“HE WASN’T THERE” recalls a memory from when the poet was four years old and awake in the night of Christmas. The poet penned this short memory when inspired by Rod Stewart to write something new for family and friends each Christmas.