The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found J. B. (John Boynton) Priestley For once, the weather forecasters were …
Day 294 – Lessons Learned
You'd think that when you get to be my age (and I've been around for a while), there are some things I would have learned by now. Not necessarily so . . . The skies cleared today and it was a beautiful day for a walk in the woods. After my heart attack 4 …
Day 292 – Enjoy it While it Lasts
It was another beautiful fall day . . . I can’t get enough of these gorgeous days. I spent my lunch hour at Pioneer Park, a small park near my office. The trees at the edge of the park along the Deschutes River were in full color. I walked the trail along the river for as far as I …
Day 288 – “Delicious Autumn!”
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. - George Eliot The weather has changed. The clouds have rolled in, the winds are blustery and leaves are littering the ground. Autumn is my favorite time of year. The …
Day 273 – Full Harvest Moon
According to the Farmer's Almanac, the September full moon is known as the Full Corn Moon or Full Harvest Moon • Full Corn Moon or Full Harvest Moon – September This full moon’s name is attributed to Native Americans because it marked when corn was supposed to be harvested. Most often, the September full moon is actually …
