This week we bid goodbye to summer. I confess I’m not sorry to see it go. This series of days between June and September has been unusually hot, long, and dry. Oregon summers typically aren’t like that, so enduring this non-ending chain of boiling afternoons and humid evenings has taxed all of us. I’m hoping […]
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What’s Happened to Fall?
Autumn is having a hard time showing up this year. Perhaps it’s confused. No yellow school buses are barreling down the streets, making frequent stops to pick up children. Temperatures here are still in the nineties, making it seem like summer is fighting its annual exit. The town is relatively quiet, the usual frenzy of […]
Autumn Declares God’s Glory
Has autumn’s magical wand swept through your yard yet this year? This past week seems to have brought out the seasonal changing-of-the-guard here where I live. Gold, orange, and red have replaced the green in many of the trees signaling the approach of winter and the intent of the flora around us to sleep. My […]
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The Great Labor Day Divide
Labor Day has always been an oxymoron to me. On a day dedicated to the working man, no one works. Unless you have a yard, a house, and a family—then you spend the day working on those or for those. Your day off really isn’t. For some it is the last weekend for a family […]
As Summer Wanes
The petunia blossoms have wilted. The ‘dragons have lost their snap. The paintbrush blooms of the celosia look more like dust wands from my kitchen closet than the soft, flame-shaped flowers they once were. All are signs that summer is coming to a close. Autumn waits. School bells will ring, farmers will plow their fields, […]
Autumn’s Arrival–A Gift from God
With the lingering summer season in the northwest, I was surprised to drive down my street yesterday and suddenly find all the trees dressed in new colors. As though some giant hand had pressed a button marked autumn, the season paraded itself in shades of yellow, orange and red. The change surprised me, since I […]