Storm Windows
Windows now are double-paned. That wasn’t always true. Storm windows were once the thing to keep from turning blue. On a sunny day in fall you’d clamber up the ladder, pull off every screen window, then becoming sadder, you’d realize the storm windows were still piled in the cellar, heaped up helter-skelter like the dimes [...]
Awful Autumn
The saddest words of tongue or pen are in the phrase: ‘go rake again.’ Each autumn brings this burden deep that makes men sigh and children weep. Bright colors burst upon the trees and leaves pile up unto your knees. As if that were not bad enough an ill wind blows the neighbor’s stuff into [...]
