{"id":21587,"date":"2018-11-10T09:50:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=21587"},"modified":"2018-11-10T09:50:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T14:50:18","slug":"a-change-in-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2018\/11\/10\/a-change-in-the-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"A change in the weather"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hidden world along the Peninsula Trail in Lake Placid. Archive Photo of the Day: C. Peter Ordway<\/p><\/div>\n

At first glance, the North Country does not look its best in November. For those who do not fly with the geese, it means looking a little harder to find the sustaining beauty that rewards any kind of weather. After so grandiose an autumn display, it’s easy to become discouraged; after long bright evenings, sunset comes too soon. I get it – bigly. There is the weather in the head, and the weather of the world. But wait, look a little closer.<\/p>\n

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A change in the weather<\/h3>\n

Gray sky today, and the trees a darker gray
\nwhere rain has stripped the prayer flag
\nleaves. It’s November now; the grand view
\nis gone, except these snow geese shipping
\noff south, fleeing flurries from the north.<\/p>\n

Look no more up to the hills, up to the crowns,
\nacross the still waters. October is for heights;
\nNovember is for near at hand. October is all
\ndistances; November is in detail – orange fungus
\non a stump, a tawny tamarack amid dark cedars.<\/p>\n

The woods will drip all day, the trail slick
\nwith mud and leaf duff. Only the understory
\nof saplings holds autumn’s shreds – little
\ncandles of lemon, orange and russet glow
\na brave resistance to the sudden evening.<\/p>\n

With night and snow the eye turns closer still –
\ngoing no further than the porch light’s beam,
\nor the pages of a book, bright peppers on the
\ncutting board. And finally, inward altogether,
\nas dreams swim like fish beneath thin ice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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