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Autumn

Posted in Blogs, Poems, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Today is the first day of autumn, my favorite time of the year. I love everything about the season – the leaves changing color, the smells of home cooking (especially sweet treats), cool mornings and warm afternoons, picnics, apple picking, carving pumpkins, and baking pies.

This afternoon, my son carved a small pumpkin and cooked the seeds. Tonight, we put the little smiling pumpkin on the stairs to our front porch and placed a lit candle inside. Unfortunately, it is also raining tonight. I hope I’ll be able to take some pictures of it tomorrow night.

On Monday, I plan to do a little shopping for decorations. We’ve lived in our current home for two years now, and I plan to deck everything out for the season this year. I’m hoping to pick up some seasonal window dressings, and a few centerpieces or wall hangings. I’m also hoping to find seasonal scented candles or room fresheners.

Another thing to celebrate this season – a few birthdays and Thanksgiving.

So, in honor of the Autumnal Equinox, a brief, free verse poem.

 

Autumn by Raven Hawk

The world turns cold,

as it prepares for winter hibernation.

The leaves change color,

making the skyline aglow – as if on fire.

The nights turn colder,

but the days remain warm.

Rain begins to fall,

often chilling us to the bone.

We begin to bake in our crock-pots,

and the smells pleasure our senses.

We eat hearty stews and pumpkin pies,

enjoying the comfort they bring.

We switch out our wardrobes,

exchanging bathing suits for sweaters.

We start spending Sunday afternoons

curled up under blankets reading

– or watching tv.

Welcome to the end of harvesting.

Welcome to afternoon apple picking.

Welcome to Autumn,

the best season in the year.

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September

Posted in Blogs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Today is the first day of September. I enjoy this time of year, but not simply because we have a long weekend for Labor Day. This is the time of year when the days are still warm and the nights are cool. It’s not quite fall yet, but the mornings still remind us that the change of season is very near.

September mornings are filled with an abundance of dew, and the nights are foggy and cloudy – making it difficult to view the moon and stars most of the time. The leaves aren’t really changing color yet, but we know we’ll soon be seeing the red, orange, and yellow foliage that makes the trees look all aglow (like firelight). With that comes the leaf-peepers and our tourist welcoming behavior.

Baking gears up at my home, and many others in the area. We’re making casseroles, soups, and stews for dinner, or to freeze for quick meals in the coming days ahead. My children and I have pot roast, cooked in the crock-pot, at least once a week. We have chicken potpie, chicken and dumplings, and meatloaf regularly too. I make BBQ Meatloaf topped with bacon – yum! It’s time for warm hearty dinners, and baking pies.

Soon, we’ll be picking apples for pies, sauce, and special treats because nothing says autumn like the smell of spiced apples and pumpkin pie, except maybe the colorful leaves all around. Soon, we’ll put up our lawnmowers and get our shovels and snow blowers out. We’re also starting to think about winter clothes, so we’ll be packing up our bathing suits and shorts as well.

Rushing headlong into fall, those of us who live here in New England are simply in love with Mother Nature and the glory she provides.

Cheers,

Raven

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Shakepeare

Posted in Blogs, tagged , , , , , on August 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

My next class begins Tuesday, September 4. It’s a Lit class devoted to Shakespeare. I have to say, I’m excited beyond measure. Yes, I know – I’m a nerd.

The instructor, Brian, seems very cool. I always enjoy classes where the instructor doesn’t place him or herself too much above the adult students he or she is teaching. Of course they know more about the subject than we usually do, which is why they’re teaching and we’re paying to learn from them. However, I’m too old to feel like a second grade school girl worrying about stepping out of line in class. This is precisely why I prefer instructors who feel, to some degree, that they are peers with knowledge to share and not superior intellectuals to be bowed down to.

In this particular case, the instructor is already making efforts to make the class fun and entertaining, such as podcasts instead of long written lectures (I’m an online student). We’ll be reading and discussing four of Shakespeare’s plays over the course of eight weeks. The first is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

With Much Respect,

Raven

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A Blog and A Beginning

Posted in Blogs, tagged , , on August 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’m new to blogging, but I decided to jump in feet first and simply submerse myself in the idea of it. I recently completed a class, Intro to Creative Writing, and it seems to me that blogging is just something all aspiring writers do now. In fact, even many well-known, published authors blog these days. So, if my instructor was determined to convince my classmates and I that writing “every day” was vital to our identity (and ability) as writers, then I have to take the leap and assume that blogging is also par for the course.

Fumbling through the options of available blog sites today, and there are plenty, made my head spin. Some blog sites are completely free. Some blog sites are free, but have paid upgraded levels that offer more features. Some blog sites are initially free, but most of the features are locked and inaccessible unless you are a paid member. Then, there are other sites that boast that they can pay you – through advertising (the more people you attract to your blog the more you get paid). Of course, I just want something simple; simple to set up, simple to understand, simple to use, and simple to personalize a little so it doesn’t look like every other blog on the site.

Although, sifting through the blogosphere was a challenge today, I knew that if I procrastinated I would probably never create a blog at all. I was determined to get it done because if I waited until tomorrow I would drag my feet and come up with reasons why I didn’t have the time to blog. I’m really too busy, you know – house work, school work, work-work, then there is everything I do for my kids (and their friends) – including driving them to the ends of the earth and back each day. I would excuse myself from creating a blog because of time or errands if I didn’t create one today.

Well, now I have one. There can’t be any more excuses. I have to use it. I can make it an obligation to myself – to be a better writer, even to be a better mother or advocate by venting frustration in a place other than at my children. One thing I do know, I have every intention of blogging now, and frequently, while I get a real understanding of what this new way of communicating is all about.

All my best,

Raven

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