Gold, Wanderlust, Strength, and Loyalty

Morning sunshine on autumn trees with frost covered grass

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. ~J.R.R. Tolkien


 

Brown leaf with rain droplets lying on a bed of dark, wet stones

(Photo by Alexandru Zdrobău on Unsplash)

October’s foliage yellows with his cold:
In rattling showers dark November’s rain,
From every stormy cloud, descends again,
Till keen December’s snows close up the year again.
~John Ruskin


 

One Important Thing Required For Halloween Horror

Pennywise from Stephen King's "It" peeking out from sewer

Where there is no imagination there is no horror. ~Arthur Conan Doyle


As kids, we loved playing in the gutters of our street during rainstorms. We built homemade sailboats and raced them. Using leaves, rocks, and dirt, we’d build dams by the storm drains to see how big a pool of water would form.

Thankfully, this movie didn’t come out until I grew up. If I had seen “it” as a youngster I would’ve missed a lot of wonderful memories!

Happy Halloween!