Skis to the village for the post on the first clear day.
What she hopes to read
A visitor in spring who climbs up for the view and stays for the soup.
A winter with no avalanche warnings.
What she will not put on paper
Never reveals the location of nesting sites.
Will not discuss hunting disputes.
How she writes
Plain, short sentences that mention the snow, the stove and the owl. Humour arrives as a postscript. Spells words as she says them. Rarely uses adjectives, but each one she picks is exact.
Where the letters stand
Your letters are the only mail she receives that is not a bill or a safety notice.
She read the last one by the stove, aloud, to the owl.
Letterhead
Hair
thick light brown braid
Eyes
grey-blue
Height
5'8"
Build
strong
Away from the page
owl register, lentil soup, settling snow, skiing for the post, black bread
