monday's mulling: november

Here it is, the month of November. the next to last month of the year. Daylight Saving Time officially ended early Sunday morning. The fall colors are glorious, slowly transitioning to winter's gray bareness. November is a quieter, softer, and darker time of year where we need to remember it's OK to rest and take it slow for a week or two before the busy-ness of the holidays fall upon us.

November comes

And November goes,

With the last red berries

And the first white snows.

With night coming early, 

And dawn coming late,

And ice by th e bucket

And frost by the gate.

The fires burn 

And the kettles sing,

And earth sinks to rest 

Until next spring.

~ Clyde Watson