I like September’s style and the way she saunters in with her optimistic sunshine and I-Knew-You’d-Like-Me grin. I never set a table when I hear she’s stopping by since I’m clinging hard to summer — I don’t want to say good-bye. But September’s always patient with my inhospitality. She’s shows up promptly anyway with kind [...]
Let’s live like Wisconsin in October and let the sun light us with unabashed glee even as winter looms. Let’s wink and shimmy our russet leaves, hoist them high and proud and then let them fall without regret. Let’s keep our rustic roads all spruced up so they’re always ready to welcome wanderers. And, when [...]
Autumn loveThe sun dances merrily in an October skyGiddy with pride at what it has wrought.This is the season of love,Harvest time and the trees rejoiceSwirling ruby red crinolines,tucking golden pocket squares into puffed chestsand straightening tangerine ties.Sing then the glories of God’s magic paintbrushAnd the splendid light it spreads over fields, rivers, vines, orchards, [...]