DUST OF SNOW
by Wayfarer
(closetwayfarer at yahoo dot com)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A big "Thank You!" to Aerenka, who first introduced musie and I to the titular inspiration on a fabulous Karl Urban forum. This story was first conceived as a response to the "Dust of Snow" challenge she created in 2004. Never in my wildest imaginations -- a 500word storylet, and fluffy too!
"Dust of Snow" is a poem by Robert Frost (1874- 1963).
As ever, appreciation must go to Avallon for her thoughtful feedback while we distilled and condensed this, our first effort at writing short: always fabulous to have a Tolkienista peeking in on the writing. ;-)
UPDATE 20091002: Edited and revised.