My father in law, Frank Krasnowsky, wrote this poem for me as a Christmas gift. I thought it was too special not to share.

Frank is 96, and lives in a retirement community in Seattle. He lived with us for a year following the passing of his wife. We live on the Middle Fork and Mount Si shades our back yard. He may be elderly but his memory is long. Frank is a poet and a writer.

Cathi Linden

North Bend

Mount Si

She was there this morning

Majestic with her loyal supporters

The firs and pines that stood erect

Crowded together below her

Down to the grassland below

There, people had gathered

Built homes and barns and roads

So they could live under her shadow

And watch for birds and elk and listen

For boulders that fell from her side

Yesterday she was modestly draped

In a veil of clouds and mist

Which with the help of the sun

She gently dropped from her shoulders

Enriching her admirers below

-Frank Krasnowsky