The Rime

Rime: an accumulation of granular ice tufts on the windward sides of exposed objects that is formed from supercooled fog or cloud and built out directly against the wind.

We've got lots of rime going on here. Very pretty snow/rime, and today was a glorious sunny day, albeit pretty cool.

I LOVE reading and listening to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Our kids, bless their funny little hearts, would always groan and writhe whenever I would put in a recording of this long poem on any of our long car trips. We had lots of long car trips; I wonder if any of the three can recite this in its entirety? Probably not. Theirs was probably an exercise of blocking out external stimuli.

Anyway ~

I feel the need to share the wealth in this lovely story, so please do enjoy, in its entirety:

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Part The First

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Part The Second

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Part The Third

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Part The Fourth

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Part The Fifth

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Part The Sixth

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Part The Seventh

I really hope someone/everyone enjoys this as much as I do.
I don't know why I enjoy it so much...but I do!