“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”*
by chuckofish
Koichi Okumura (1888-1976)
You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen.”
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We still have most of our leaves on the trees here in flyover country, but winter is coming…
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. (Ecclesiastes 3:15)
The last five paintings are by Andrew Wyeth.
P.S. I watched Nevada Smith (1966) last night. “I’ve got a rifle, a horse and eight dollars. It’ll hold.”
*Ecclesiastes 3:1
My bon ami Dick posted on Facebook yesterday about going to a football game at West Point and I don’t think he will mind if I share what he said and some of his pictures from the event.
But I had a fun weekend, nevertheless. The bluegrass concert on Friday night was great. We checked out all the new Christmas stuff at Home Goods. We watched one of our favorite movies, The Man Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995), in which Hugh Grant stars and actually plays a nice guy for a change.
On Sunday afternoon, after vacuuming and cleaning up, I went through my “keep out” closet where I stow all my presents (like Babe Paley, I shop for Christmas presents all year long) and made lists of what I have for Christmas and what I still need to do.
I’ll be ready…in the meantime, time marches on relentlessly and November is turning out to be a very busy month. First up, the OM and I are going to see “legendary bluegrass group Hot Rize” at the Sheldon tonight. Daughter #1 is driving in for it. Maybe the boy will join us.
By the way, we did watch Pony Express (1952) one night this week, but I have to confess I fell asleep. This has less to do with the quality of the film and more to do with my being an old lady who gets up too early every day to be able to watch TV at night. I must say I thought the cinematography (of the little I saw) was very good and the location shots in Kanab, Utah were impressive.
Maybe I’ll try again some time. On Halloween night we turned off the lights and proceeded to watch House of Wax (1953) with hometowner Vincent Price on TCM.
I fell asleep. Maybe I should stop pretending and just turn in at 7:30 pm.
Lovett still resides in North Harris County, Texas in the farming community of Klein, named after his great-great-grandfather and where he was raised. He hails from a long line of Texas Lutherans–there are several German enclaves in the state. As such, he always ends his albums with a hymn, a country tradition, and his way of a tithe.
October 31, 1517 was the day Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg.
Did you know that Luther’s theses are engraved into the door of All Saints’ Church, Wittenberg? The Latin inscription above informs the reader that the original door was destroyed by a fire, and that in 1857, King Frederick William IV of Prussia ordered a replacement be made.
Over the weekend I finished reading Clock Dance, Ann Tyler’s new book. Although the book jacket proclaims that she is “at the height of her powers,” she is not. It was very thin, and it made me sad remembering her earlier books which were favorites of mine.
So much fun AND we even went to church! My BFF Carla gave the Stewardship talk and it was an amazing testimony about church community. I was reminded that no matter how irritated I may become with my denomination, it is important to have a church home.
I am taking daughter #2 to the airport this morning and then it’s back to the salt mine and my usual routine. Have a good week!
