Autumn is a beautiful time of year in Ohio. It’s only drawback is that there are too many things I like to do in the fall. The house, the garden, the hiking trails all call to me, and the homeschooling has started. Garden Chores for Fall: * Planting spring-blooming bulbs * Mulching for winter protection […]
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Autumn Abundance Recipes
Autumn provides an abundance of certain foods … and besides, the change of season just makes us hungry for those apple desserts and tomato-laced stews. The sweet peppers are becoming red and we all have our favorite culinary uses for those. I thought I’d share some of mine. My favorite apple cakes are the Hungarian […]
Savoring The Autumn
My autumn is misty and grayed in the mornings, and as I sip my coffee I view the diagonal sifting of the leaves from the overhead trees. It seems as lazy as I feel on these mornings, languid and savoring the details of my existence. The mornings have been filled with mists desaturating the colors […]
Autumn and Orchards
Autumn in the Midwest is quintessentially apple time. Wonderful apples in abundance and sweet cider that rivals the ambrosias of the Greeks. Ok, that is a little overboard, but nothing beats apple cider from a farm market in the fall. Nothing! If you have a freezer and a good source of unadulterated cider ( no […]
Autumn, Rest and Reaping
As Hurricane Ivan pushed through the Southern states, we were grazed with some rain, wind, and cooler temperatures. Pretty normal, really, and in sharp contrast to the very harsh circumstances that so many people have to face in rebuilding their lives and homes. Sometimes it makes me feel guilty that I worry about my little […]
Robert Frost ‘Storm Fear’
Storm Fear – Robert Frost: Storm Fear by: Robert Frost When the wind works against us in the dark, And pelts with snow The lowest chamber window on the east, And whispers with a sort of stifled bark, The beast, ‘Come out! Come out!’– It costs no inward struggle not to go, Ah, no! I […]
