Tag: autumn
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Ode to Autumn
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 14, 2024) — Every year at this time, the landscape undergoes a magical transformation from summer’s green to autumn’s yellow, red, orange and gold and even purple, with striking combinations thereof and never the same from year to year. It makes one wonder how the world was put together so magnificently…
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The Beginning of the Autumn Tales
by Sarah Earlene Shere, ©2024 (Oct. 4, 2024) — It was a crisp, late afternoon when I saw the children of the village gathering and making haste in a single direction. Curious, I followed behind till I came to a clearing in the woods. Here, autumn had already begun to paint a magnificent picture of…
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The Keeper of Autumn
by Sarah Earlene Shere, ©2024 (Sep. 20, 2024) — The keeper of autumn glided along the way, with her velvet robes sweeping the forest floor behind her. Gently, she caressed each tree she passed, sending a chill up the trunk that caused the limbs to shiver. Her gnome friends scampered up these trees and took…
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God’s Paintbrush
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 20, 2023) — It appeared He wouldn’t come this year. With pummeling rains all summer bringing floods, more rain and wind through the fall, so many were torn from their summertime perches only to be flung to the ground to meet an unceremonious end as torn, brown shadows of their former…
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“A Victorian Autumn Tale” Conclusion
by Sarah Earlene Shere, Hosanna Heralds, ©2022 (Oct. 31, 2022) — [See previous installments in this series here.] Roland held Cassandra close as the wind swirled around them. The leaders of the town stood, huddled, at a distance. All were watching in amazement and wonder as the mysterious visitor was lifted into the air. The…
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A Victorian Autumn Tale
by Sarah Earlene Shere, Hosanna Heralds, ©2022 (Oct. 28, 2022) — [See Parts 1 and 2 of this series.] “Why will she not come into the church? Instead she stands at the gate, keeping her back to the church door. At night she’s been seen walking among the headstones of the graveyard. She is not…
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A Victorian Autumn Tale
by Sarah Earlene Shere, Hosanna Heralds, ©2022 (Oct. 21, 2022) — [See Part 1 here.] “Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred.” Cassandra could almost hear her mother’s voice and feel her hand as it smoothed over the freshly brushed hair. The child stared at her reflection in the dusty mirror, her uncombed curls fallen around her shoulders.…
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A Victorian Autumn Tale
by Sarah Earlene Shere, Hosanna Heralds, ©2022 (Oct. 15, 2022) — Introduction: Halloween was one of my favorite holidays as a child. My family always kept it clean and fun. I also appreciated a good spooky story, filled with beauty and mystery, not blood and gore. I’d like to take back a holiday (that many…
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This Moment in Time
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 10, 2022) – If only one moment could be captured and time be made to stand still, it would be this one, when I am surrounded by gold, red and orange in a dazzling display of nature’s progression from summer to winter. The blazing summer is over with the long winter…
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The Brilliance of Fall
SEASON OF LIGHT by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 23, 2019) — Despite the shortening days, everything is alight at this time of year. Earlier this evening, I found these gems, set ablaze by the rays from the setting sun and the flash of the camera. I always wanted to be an artist, to recreate with my…