| Kris Krieger 2006-10-13, 1:25 pm |
| Bob Morrison <SpamFighter@junk.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1f993f913c23bd2e989c60@news.west.earthlink.net:
> In a previous post Don wrote...
>
> Don:
>
> Well said.
>
> It's harvest time and we are picking apples and preparing to make
> cider (mostly soft, but some hard). Fall pruning is underway and of
> course there is raking of leaves. I don't burn leaves anymore, but
> now shred them for compost. These are fall chores that connect me
> with the land and I'm better for it.
>
> The chimney sweep is coming today to clean the flues and get us ready
> for the winter. I have about 3 cords of wood split and stacked with
> more to come in the next month. Again, the cutting of wood connects
> me to the land and the things growing on it.
>
> I can't imagine living in a place that doesn't have distinct seasons.
> They remind us of the cycle of life and can make us slow down to
> appreciate the world around us.
>
Every place sings its own music; it just depends upon what resonates the
most with a person.
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