Greetings Everyone!
October is right around the corner—my favorite month!
Ray Bradbury describes autumn in his book The October Country as:
“That country where it is always turning late in the
year. That country where the hills are
fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights
linger, and midnights stay. That country
composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and
pantries faced away from the sun. That
country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty
walks sound like rain....”
In another book, Something Wicked This Way Comes,
Bradbury warns us against the autumn people, whom he claims are soulless, evil
things that seek to ensnare humans. But
Bradbury is wrong about that.
For there are autumn people who have souls and are
not evil; they love autumn and celebrate the death of the year and the
renewal that always follows.
JLS
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