Friday, September 10, 2010

Fall Bests - Friday Five

The real one is here, with one of the most wonderful photos I've ever seen!  This is the pretend one, from earlier today:

Well, the Friday Five isn't up yet, but there's some discussion about it, so I'm sure it will be soon.  However, I have to go out,  and I'm in the mood to post, so . . .

Best church opening event in which you've participated?

My Methodist church had a Festival of Opportunities early in September for several years running, in which every class, group, activity, etc. associated with the church presented themselves as a table in the Fellowship Hall.  Lots of conversation, lots of color and sparkle, and a few goats (Heifer Project).  

Best school opening event?

That was in January -- Tulane's opening week-end after having been closed all the Katrina fall.

Best fall activity:

Two of them: Backpacking Isle Royale in October long, long ago, and taking our kids out of elementary school for a trip to Baltimore and then to Chincoteague not quite so long ago.

Best fall color:

Williamstown MA.  

Best fall poem:

Mary Oliver's Wild Geese.

Bonus: A fall photo or painting. 



Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland OH








5 comments:

  1. For me it's always Hopkins, "Margaret are you grieving / Over goldengrove unleaving."

    I never heard of Mary Oliver until I started reading RevGal blogs. I need to check out her work.

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  2. I love Wild Geese. Beautiful poem.

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  3. Festival of Opportunity is a great title! Love it...and, well, you know how much I love Mary Oliver and esp. Wild Geese - I think I post that poem at least once a year. Just because it's so fabulous.....

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  4. I can't imagine Isle Royale in October. My son spent 2 weeks there in July/August and said it was cold, especially at night! And yes, Tulane's reopening was certainly something to be celebrated!

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  5. ddi you eat at the place in Williamstown where all the sandwiches were named after people... we loved that place after a trip to the Clark Art Insitute.

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