INSIDE THE BOX
A Farewell
Our last post highlighted the nostalgia many of us feel this time of year as we say goodbye to summer and prepare ourselves for the colder months ahead. . . .
September Song
The lyrics of September Song, first introduced in the 1938 Broadway musical, Knickerbocker Holiday, highlight the nostalgia many of us feel this time of year while also encouraging us to embrace, relish, and make the most of these precious days.
Neighbors in October
Isn’t October wonderful? It brings us crisp-cool mornings and warm afternoon breezes, fields full of bright orange pumpkins and bushel baskets brimming with ruby red apples. It brings us the first whiffs of woodsmoke and offers us a last chance to run barefoot through the grass. . . .
September Midnight
Yellow leaves were falling on the grass in our backyard as I walked out to the chicken coop this morning. I greeted them with a sigh. Though it’s blazing hot in Illinois today, during the past week we’ve felt the first few whispers of fall . . .