While light of day suffers defeat, tugs heartstrings,
Cordial sunbeams invite restful early black
Convinced the orb of night waits in the wings
To make known shadows that hold cockcrow back.
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Just when one comes to believe Mother Nature cannot better her vernal awakenings and sun-kissed summertides, she defies yearlong expectations and a good many days under the spell of mists below milky skies by donning her autumnal glad rags…all the while mindful that winter’s knocking.
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Heavy overnight rain and wind fill woodland ephemeral pools, liven streams and put final touches on the immersive theater of Autumn in the Carolinas. By mid-afternoon skies clear and I venture down woodland trails appreciative of the curtain call to one of the greatest shows on Earth.
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Much as the heart speaks of love in stillness,
The mind must hang on said silence with heed
And let patience make vivid that speechlessness
Lest lips unleash feelings loved ones misread.
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Don't just loathe dictates,
Be free, like the river wild--
Kiss caution good bye!
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Winter awakens with well timed prelude.
Sunlit foretaste of rawness reigns supreme,
Awes heart and soul in breathless interlude
Where lambent hoarfrost makes plain sublime theme.
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Pessimism driven by the darker side of human nature increasingly weighs down hearts and turns our way of life topsy-turvy. Stand fast against wrongdoing, reach for and find solace in such fundamental truths as trust in God, family values and a belief in the basic goodness of our sweet land of liberty…let freedom ring!
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Life stokes reckless itches
Till twilight knocks subtly—
Lays bare that regrets burden heart.
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Last night Frost Giants of Norse mythology breached the boundaries of their icy Jotunheim realm and made an overnight incursion into the eastern reaches of the Piedmont Plateau. By daybreak nothing but ground frost and lingering shadows mark their passage homeward down favored escape routes across meadows and woodland clearings. Their raw breath lingers on whispers of ominous tidings—beware, Winter’s knocking.
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Some hold the soul to be without beginning
And furthermore as true it has no end.
Others believe God, as divine wellspring,
Creates each new soul for time without end.
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Pittsboro Historic District architecture puts on quite a show wrapped in autumn regalia, while basking in two days of surprising albeit welcome 80ºF temperatures. The Hall-London House was built c.1836 by Dr Isaac Hall, who resettled from Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The Federal/Greek Revival style dwelling was later occupied by Henry London and family from 1880-1918. The latter was an attorney, state senator and founder-publisher of the Chatham Record newspaper…in print since 1878.
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Misgivings about the future are a never-ending scourge, until you take that fateful first step onward…come what may…and discover the worrisome consequences are in fact building blocks for success, self-confidence and wisdom about life.
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Soul yearns for order
Mind prefers flights of fancy
Heart goes with the flow
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Daybreak brume bodes change
As fall wanes with telltale clues,
Though mists of life veil truth.
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Life’s course begs bold pace
Time crawls like long-lived river
Harmony brings peace
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Inner silence inspires quietude,
A stillness of heart which makes life more whole
And grants true knowledge of infinitude
By noble union of body, mind and soul.
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