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#187280 - 10/13/09 06:49 PM Re: ecru [Re: kah454]
Buffalo Shrdlu Offline
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we woke up to a couple of inches of wet, white stuff today. still some around, up here on the higher elevation. not ready for snow cover yet, please.

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#187284 - 10/13/09 08:15 PM Re: ecru [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
LukeJavan8 Offline
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Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 991
Loc: Frozenwastesistan
We had five inches here on Saturday morning.
Our leaves on trees nowhere as magnificent as yours, but
they are sometimes nice too look at in places if not covered
in snow. Too early for sure.
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#187292 - 10/14/09 07:25 AM Re: ecru [Re: LukeJavan8]
BranShea Offline
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Some say that premature snowfall predicts a mild winter.

SNOW DUST

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given me
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued. ---------- Robert Frost (1874-19630)

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#187295 - 10/14/09 07:41 AM Re: ecru [Re: BranShea]
Buffalo Shrdlu Offline
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Loc: Vermont
great poem. thanks for sharing!

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#187302 - 10/14/09 12:25 PM Re: ecru [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
LukeJavan8 Offline
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Posts: 991
Loc: Frozenwastesistan
Frost is a favorite of mine as well.
(Tho' I still don't like snow all that much.)

Hemlock?
Reminds me Edgar A. Poe was "reburied" last week.


Edited by LukeJavan8 (10/14/09 12:26 PM)
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#187317 - 10/15/09 03:57 AM Re: ecru [Re: LukeJavan8]
BranShea Offline
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Do you refer to E.A.Poe for hemlock as a possible cause of death, or to the last passage in this rather obscure piece of writing by Poe?
link

'Numerous other causes of death have been proposed.
More recently, credible evidence that Poe's death resulted from rabies has been presented.
On October 10, 2009, Poe received a "do-over" funeral where "actors portraying Poe's contemporaries and other long-dead writers and artists payed their respects, reading eulogies adapted from their writings about Poe". The funeral included a replica of Poe's casket and wax cadaver.' (wiki)

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#187328 - 10/15/09 12:08 PM Re: ecru [Re: BranShea]
LukeJavan8 Offline
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Posts: 991
Loc: Frozenwastesistan

The hemlock reminded me of Socrates, wasn't it?
I'm a fan of Poe, but this one was new to me. Thanks.


Also (regarding his funeral) only about 10 people were at the
first funeral, as it was not announced at the time.


Edited by LukeJavan8 (10/15/09 12:09 PM)
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#187331 - 10/15/09 09:23 PM Re: ecru [Re: LukeJavan8]
Jackie Offline
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Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 10392
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
only about 10 people were at the
first funeral, as it was not announced at the time.
Really? I didn't know that. How come?

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