Monthly Archives: October 2005

Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2005 by imgpat

Monday, October 31, 2005     From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! —Scottish Saying     Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet … Continue reading →

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Walk-Along Prattle

Posted on October 30, 2005 by imgpat

Thursday, October 26, 2005   Smoke from burning hay bales lingers on the back road. Smoldering for over a week, some have become piles of ash. As a heat source, we wonder how the hay bales would be rated. For longevity they … Continue reading →

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Posted on October 29, 2005 by imgpat

Why is it that so many of us persist in thinking that autumn is a sad season? Nature has merely fallen asleep, and her dreams must be beautiful if we are to judge by her countenance.

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Fall Planting – B.R. Jording

Posted on October 29, 2005 by imgpat

I see that old hammock out back, Swaying lightly in the wind That Autumn oft expels in October, Waiting for me to come and dream, But the bulbs that fill my tired Hands, leaving trails of rusty earth Must first … Continue reading →

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Walk-Along Prattle

Posted on October 28, 2005 by imgpat

Wednesday, October 26,2005     Hay bales were smoking on the back road today, and puffing their smoldering scent up the river and down. In fact, they’ve been wafting smoke from the Trader’s field for several days. Heating up, internally, they had … Continue reading →

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Autumn (Resignation) – Humbert Wolfe

Posted on October 27, 2005 by imgpat

Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!

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Walk-Along Prattle

Posted on October 26, 2005 by imgpat

Tuesday, October 25, 2005   Winter tumbled in then rolled through the valley before Autumn crawled out. Snow fell – wet, heavy flakes of it, before Jack Frost had time to put on his mittens. A Nor’easter they called it. A counter-clockwise system … Continue reading →

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Bonaro W. Overstreet

Posted on October 25, 2005 by imgpat

Autumn…makes a double demand. It asks that we prepare for the future – that we be wise in the ways of garnering and keeping. But it also asks that we learn to let go – to acknowledge the beauty of … Continue reading →

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Walk-Along Prattle

Posted on October 24, 2005 by imgpat

Sunday, October 23, 2005   YooooHoooooo!   The main thoroughfare called urgently to the daughters of the back road this morning. Yoohooing with a persistent, hillbilly holler, it pulled us in the opposite direction, away from the bridge, the deer crossings, and all the folks … Continue reading →

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John Sinor

Posted on October 24, 2005 by imgpat

Autumn is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.

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