October 21, 2023 It's the time of year when the universe reminds us that life means constant change. Our young sugar maple, pictured above, got the message before most of the trees here in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. Though lots of leaves are still green, the sweaters and extra blankets are out of the… Continue reading What holiday is this?
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The ghosts of Halloweens past
Here in the South, fall and winter always lag behind my Midwestern-bred internal calendar. On the next-to-last day of September, it was sunny and 71 degrees, with the leaves still clinging to the trees and few of them showing even a trace of color. Yet folks are already setting out plastic pumpkins and pint-sized ghosts… Continue reading The ghosts of Halloweens past