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:: The pearl gray month... ::
"November is the pearl-gray month, the changeling between warm crimson October and cold white December, the month when the leaves fall in...
Nov 3, 2022


:: October days... ::
" The rustling of leaves under the feet in the woods and under hedges. The crumpling of cat-ice and snow down wood rides, narrow lanes...
Nov 1, 2022


:: a fine autumnal day ::
" It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day, the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always...
Oct 29, 2022


:: a fine October... ::
" In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to the mild...
Oct 25, 2022


:: autumnal harmony ::
" There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it...
Oct 23, 2022


:: wild days of autumn ::
" I love the wild days of autumn, the west winds that rock the apple tree and bring down the leaves and fruit and nuts in showers, and...
Oct 21, 2022


:: taking each day as a gift ::
" There is a smell in the air, the smell of autumn, a yeasty, damp, fruity smell, carrying a hint of smoke and a hint, too, of decay. It...
Oct 19, 2022


:: holding eternity in my heart ::
" For patience joins time to eternity" {Wendell Berry} Mid-autumnal mood... leaves in full majestic glory, I walk enchanted....
Oct 15, 2022


:: crickle, crackle, crunch... ::
" The days passed on, the weeks passed on, and the track of the golden autumn wound its bright way visibly through the green summer of...
Oct 13, 2022


:: autumnal days ~ word gathering ::
“ It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day, the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always...
Oct 11, 2022


:: October ~ a poem ::
October " Bending above the spicy woods which blaze, Arch skies so blue they flash, and hold the sun Immeasurably far; the waters run...
Oct 5, 2022


:: this month of merry jubilee ::
October comes, a mourning song in the air, a soft weeping in the willow tree... a mission of night-carving spirits from the breeze." ...
Oct 3, 2022


:: my dear October... ::
" It was October again - a glorious October, all red and gold, with mellow mornings when the valley were filled with delicate mists as if...
Oct 1, 2022


:: September days... ::
" Fall has fallen. The leaves are yellow against the dark blue-grey sky and the winds have picked up. The winds that are still warm and...
Sep 29, 2022


:: this is the month of quiet days... ::
" This is the month of quiet days, crimson creepers, and blackberries; of mellow afternoons in the ripening garden... of wood fires in...
Sep 27, 2022


:: come said the wind to the leaves ::
" Come said the wind to the leaves one day, come o'er the meadows and we will play. Put on your dresses scarlet & gold, for summer is...
Sep 25, 2022


:: welcome, autumn ::
" I notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature." {Nietzche} Welcome autumn! a season for listening, to racing...
Sep 23, 2022


:: a season of rest & quietness ::
" I love this season of gradual withdrawal by nature, but a subtle inner withdrawal too; a slow, imperceptible retreat into ourselves. ...
Sep 13, 2022


:: everyday luminous ::
" We are in for a spell of perfect weather now, everyday luminous, every night brimmed with stars. Picnics at noon, supper by the...
Sep 9, 2022


:: hello, September ::
" Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul." {Peggy Horton} An awakened soul. A new energy thrums in...
Sep 2, 2022
nestled in quietude
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