Category Archives: Autumn

The season of romance and apples, colorful leaves and harvests, the joy of life and certainty of death, the contrasts and sensory delights of fall touch at the heart of what it means to be human.

Balloon-set Over Canberra

Posted on March 9, 2016 by literarylee

“Hey, look!”  As we were getting up from the table this morning I pointed out the window at the two hot-air balloons hovering high in the sky aways north. “Nice,” she said as we both, after an appreciative but brief … Continue reading →

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Autumn Movement Reflections

Posted on November 25, 2011 by literarylee

November, 2009 I’ve been reviewing the poem “Autumn Movement” by Carl Sandburg and watching Fall  beauty come and go and realizing the harder lesson of this season.  The easy thing Fall teaches is to be grateful for what we have … Continue reading →

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When the Frost is on the Punkin

Posted on November 8, 2011 by literarylee

James Whitcomb Riley WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock, And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey-cock, And the clackin’ of the guineys, and the cluckin’ of the hens, And … Continue reading →

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Sun’s Spotlight on Fall’s Palette

Posted on November 7, 2011 by literarylee

The just-over-the-horizon sun this morning lit a landscape of late fall trees in and around a brilliant green golf course and a cluster of white houses with rust red roofs amid more brightly-leaved trees.  The whole scene was laid out … Continue reading →

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Autumn Striptease

Posted on October 24, 2011 by literarylee

About three hours west of here, close to the sources of the great Potomac which these days saunters lazily by our apartment, a small community in the Appalachians is convening a five-day festival called Autumn Glory.  I’m pretty sure scores … Continue reading →

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Hastening Slowly Through Fall

Posted on October 22, 2011 by literarylee

Forgive my bragging a little, but one reason I enjoy reading Verlyn Klinkenborg’s editorials in the New York Times in a series called “The Country Life,” is that his take on life, his appreciation for growing things, and how he writes about it … Continue reading →

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Why “To Autumn” Has Been Called One of the Most Perfect Poems In the English Language

Posted on October 21, 2011 by literarylee

I’m going to talk a little about why I have come to love the poem “To Autumn,” why I enjoy reciting it, why it has become pure pleasure letting the words appear beautifully one by one for the benefit of whoever … Continue reading →

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To Autumn

Posted on October 20, 2011 by literarylee

John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill … Continue reading →

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Possible Names for the Apple, Candy Corn and Pretzel Combination

Posted on October 12, 2011 by literarylee

I recently wrote about a unique fall taste treat I like to eat, apples, candy corn and pretzels.  I’ve been coming up with possible names for that combo.  Here is the list so far.  Feel free to add some of your … Continue reading →

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Apples, Candy Corn and Pretzels

Posted on October 7, 2011 by literarylee

Once upon a time for about five years, in another life I sometimes hardly believe I lived, my office was a car, and my place of work, a couple thousand square miles of Appalachia in portions of West Virginia, Maryland, … Continue reading →

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