Tag: fall
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Fall Joys
The “dog day” heat has broken here, at least temporarily, which has given me some time to think about fall. I adore fall – I really do. I like crisp weather, the scrunching sound fallen leaves make when you walk through them, digging out heavier clothing, chrysanthemums and fall gardens, cider, pumpkins – the whole…
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Joie 23 – Fall!
Oh, I know. Fall gets a bad reputation, in large part due to pumpkin spice overtaking absolutely everything. (And yes, I enjoy pumpkin spice in my coffee. But I can cheerfully admit that it’s gotten out of hand.) Here in the South, summer lingers quite a while – fall is an absolute delight and relief,…
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Roses and Bread
Back in January, when I first embarked on my “year of roses,” I wrote about the labor slogan “Bread and Roses,” which was a rallying cry in the early part of the 20th century among working-class women for a living wage that permitted all workers – not just the “leisure class” – time to enjoy…