Never Another Winter

"Never Another Winter" follows the last minutes of an old man's life as he remembers the good times and prepares to join his long departed wife in the hereafter.
I entered this short story in a contest sponsored by Quarter Castle Publishing, a small Nova Scotia publisher.  My story didn't win any prizes but was selected along with nine others as stories that 'captured the interest' of the judges.  The three prize winners plus the ten honourable mentions will appear in September in the first Quarter Castle Chronicles.
The thirteen stories in this anthology will include three written by members of the Evergreen Writers Group of Halifax.  The contest attracted entries from all across Canada (and perhaps beyond), so not bad going for our little writing group.

Haiku inspired by snow this winter 

Yesterday was opening day in the baseball season and the Jays beat the Yanks, but here in Nova Scotia we got more snow and it's still coming down this morning.  The snowfall over the past three months has been unreal and at a time when some NS golf courses are normally opening for the season, we still have snow banks more than a metre high.
Climate changes scientists say we should expect the weather to be more erratic.  It looks like they have a convincing illustration right outside my window.
Here is a little poem honouring the occasion:

Shovell'd all the snow
the gods dump'd it down again
shovelling once more.

Sorry couldn't resist.  Now I have to go out and shovel.