.........SNOWFLAKES.....

I'M HERE AT HOME IN NEW JERSEY, SURROUNDED BY LOTS OF SNOW AND COLD, COLD, TEMPS. I MADE SURE I HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD FOR MY 2 CATS, MISTY AND JIMBO, AND PRINCE MY DOG.THERE'S LOTS OF FOOD IN THE HOUSE, SO AS FOR ME, I'LL JUST SIT HERE AND LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SIP CUPS OF HOT TEA.AND OF COURSE, WRITE..WHICH I LOVE TO DO...."THE GARDEN STATE IS NOW IN A DEEP FREEZE!"  JIMMY WILL CALL ME AT 10 A.M. THAT'S ALWAYS HIS FIRST CALL, TO WAKE ME UP.  HE LIKES THE SOUND OF MY SLEEPY VOICE.HE GETS UP AT 6AM, HE SHARES A ROOM WITH 3 OTHERS,SHOWERS,EATS TERRIBLE PRISON FOOD, AND GOES TO WORK, TEACHING THE GED.HE WRITES A LOT N PRISON.  HE HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF A FICTION NOVEL, ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF A BAILBONDSMAN.HE SENDS IT TO ME, AND I TYPE IT UP,AND KEEP IT IN A FILE. HE WROTE 3 ESSAYS AND WON A CONTEST IN PRISON ALL 3 TIMES. IT WAS OUT OF 45 PRISONERS.ONE STORY WAS ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN. WELL, CONTINUING THE STORY OF OUR MEETING IN LAS VEGAS..JIMMY CAME BACK TO ME ON APRIL 28..IT WAS A SAT. NITE, 11PM..I PICKED HIM UP AT THE AIRPORT..HIM AND 2 FRIENDS..THE NEXT DAY WE WENT DOWNTOWN AND GOT OUR MARRIAGE LICENSE. I WAS WALKING ON AIR! WE GOT MARRIED AT 11:45 PM,RIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT, AT THE JUSTICE OF PEACE, DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS. JIMMY LIKES TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, SO WE GOT MARRIED RIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IT WAS ALL BEAUTIFUL..I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS ALL SIMPLE. NOTHING FANCY. LARRY WAS OUR BEST MAN. JIMMY GAVE ME A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS...SIMPLE AND DIRECT....THAT'S HOW WE LIKED IT...WE GOT MARRIED FOR LOVE..NOT FOR SHOW. BIG WEDDINGS ARE OK..THEY ARE PARTY OCCASIONS, WITH FESTIVITIES AND FANFARE. WE WENT HOME, AND JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO BE ALONE.  NEED I SAY MORE?   HIS 2 FRIENDS TOOK MY CAR AND WENT TO THE "STRIP."  MY FRIEND, "V,"WHO LIVED DOWN THE STREET, HE WENT HOME TOO....AND JIMMY AND I CUDDLED UP IN BED, AND WE WERE NEVER SO HAPPY!.