Thanksgiving is called "Erntedankfest" in Bavaria which means literally "harvest thanks festival" and it took place generally on the first Sunday in October.

Have you ever thought about the seasons of the year, the changes that take place, how each is different and yet so unique and special in its own way; I think life, our lives are very similar. Read more…

Here in New England, October is one of the most beautiful and bountiful months of the year. It is harvest season. The hot, humid days of summer are behind us.
It is a season of awesome beauty filled with abundant blessings…Read more.

A quick poem to welcome the new season.

Autumn is a glorious and blest season here in New England and here in my home State of Vermont, despite our recent disastrous flooding, it is abundant with blessings. Read more…

A poem about fall.

This true story brings the story of the Good Samaritan to 1966 in a farming community in western Wisconsin, which has experienced a great influx of new Amish neighbors. A farmer is injured and cannot harvest his crop on time. Help arrives from an unexpected source. This story also illustrates the harvest of souls of Christ.

There’s a time for hope,
A time for despair ….

Sugar cane is now on the market. You can see the big sticks of sugar cane which look like bambou. There were times when sugar can could do as well as orange juice.

My mind is saturated
with pains each day,
The pains I endure,
anyhow, anyway.