Monthly Archives: September 2005

The Fall – Russell Edson

Posted on September 30, 2005 by imgpat

There was a man who found two leaves and came indoors holding them out saying to his parents that he was a tree.   To which they said then go into the yard and do not grow in the living … Continue reading →

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The Last Leaf – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Posted on September 28, 2005 by imgpat

I saw him once before, As he passed by the door,    And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o’er the ground    With his cane.   They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time … Continue reading →

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Henry Ward Beecher

Posted on September 28, 2005 by imgpat

What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.

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Trip to Town

Posted on September 28, 2005 by imgpat

Wednesday, September 28, 2005   I drove up the valley, yesterday morning, to the small town where I grew up, to the small town where my dad still lives. Nothing in that small town is the same as I remember … Continue reading →

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John Keats

Posted on September 27, 2005 by imgpat

Let Autumn bold, With universal tinge of sober gold, Be all about me.

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Companion – A.M. Siriano, 2003

Posted on September 26, 2005 by imgpat

Dog, come rest beside me, And console a weary man. The autumn day is over, The time of dreams at hand.   Dog, come rest beside me, And guard against the night. I think I may have need again. Your … Continue reading →

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Walk-Along Prattle

Posted on September 26, 2005 by imgpat

Sunday, September 25, 2005   The back road went to the dogs this morning. We had hardly gotten out of the village when two sheep dog puppies started following us. They had squeezed through the fence at  Trader’s pasture and hit … Continue reading →

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An Autumn Walk – Joy Belle Burgess

Posted on September 24, 2005 by imgpat

Could this little old road be luring me now Deep into autumn’s fold; Through the glorious light of the noonday sun That illumines the trees of gold?   Through the vista that wanders and curves its way Along the dreaming … Continue reading →

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Albert Camus

Posted on September 24, 2005 by imgpat

Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower.

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Walk-Along Prattle

Posted on September 23, 2005 by imgpat

Thursday, September 22, 2005   Fall has come to the valley, and the back road knows. It knows, as it knows all things that happen in the valley. Beginning on the highest ridges, the message is whispered through the trees and shrubs, … Continue reading →

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