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The Fall of the Year
In the latest installment of ‘Love, Recorded,’ Matt visits the house of his youth.The word “fall” comes from an old expression, either, “fall of the leaf,” or, “fall of the year.” The second has the...
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22 Fall Date Ideas
Looking for some fun in early autumn? Here are twenty-two date ideas for the fall.With the crunch of fallen leafs under our feet, with pumpkin coffee drinks in our hands, and with apple pie warming in...
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Holding Time in a Midwestern Fall
Daughter teaches dad how to catch leaves and stop timeEver catch leaves? It’s damn fun, the kind of fun only a five-year-old daughter can get me to have.There’s a cul-de-sac on our walk home from...
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How to Make Back-to-School Transitions Less Stressful
For most families in the U.S., this week or next week means back to school.—Back to school can mean different things for different families, but across the board it’s a potentially stressful...
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Pumpkins Galore: A Quick Guide to Carving and Decorating Jack O’ Lanterns
Embed from Getty Images—As summer comes to an end, the signs of fall gradually take over: changing leaves, chilly temperatures, football flags proudly waving on your neighbors’ front porches or at a...
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Spice Up the Year
We have all heard the shrill caw of the complainer: “Pumpkin spice coffee in September? That’s too early!” People need to stop bitching. I say, it is never too early. It is a spice mix, not a...
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100 Years From Now
Once Upon A Time…Remembering historical events and considering their significance for families todayOn a cool and sunny New York autumn Saturday, over 25,000 marchers took to Fifth Avenue to stand up...
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Leaves, Birds and Fall Equinox
—”Birds, just like the leaves, tend to vanish in the fall heading for something new. The birds will come back to start their new generations while the leaves break down and feed the forest that...
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September Solitudes and Labour Day
— Even writing the name of the month on paper or screen brings a smile to my face. The very thought of the approaching fall is refreshing. I’ve written about it on these pages and elsewhere. As a...
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Downshifting Into Autumn
Mornings are crisp and the evergreens flanking our front porch steps have donned festive red berries. Goldenrod shows off its honey-colored mane as it beckons with a come-hither sway in the late...
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Rushing to Fall
Although poets have often extolled the beauty of leaves changing in autumn, I’m never in a rush for fall. (Millions of school children agree with this). The Old Farmer’s Almanac reports that autumn...
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Autumn — The Shock of the Fall
The English are frequently accused of talking about the weather, that’s if they can be interrupted, but there’s just so much of the bloody stuff that it’s hard not to. Unlike Australia for example,...
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More Seasons than a Spice Rack
One of the toughest things for Maggie and I to get used to about living in Suzhou over living up in her home town in the north-east or mine in Canada is the weather. We are both used to four distinct...
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The Fall: When Life Begins
“Come Autumn. Come Fall. That’s when life begins” – Robbie Robertson Most people hold the belief with much sincerity that Spring is where everything begins. Where sunshine comes in and more light and...
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Thoreau-ing
On the day before the first day of fall, I, the Fab Hub, and our Kidzilla headed to our favorite (OK really our only) hiking spot at a wildlife sanctuary not too far from us. Now that the weather is...
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Winter Drab
Nearly all of the trees were bare now. Just days ago, the world was alive with the vibrant hues of mid-Autumn. The sun set every branch aflame with its golden touch and the red, orange, yellow...
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We’re Here Already?
I can’t believe it’s the weekend again already. I can’t believe that Halloween and Thanksgiving have come and gone, that autumn is now two-thirds past, and we’re heading rapidly toward Hanukkah and...
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