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By Ken Heath
My Personal Autumn
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utumn. I love living in these SWVA mountains, where changing seasons are so much a part of us. I can’t help but feel a little melancholy, though, as we usher out the sun-kissed days that stretched long into summer nights, even though the coming kaleidoscope of color, followed by the excitement of the holidays, is right here. Chasing the sunset home is fleeting; a mere few weeks and nature and law will see that we arrive home after work in just as much darkness as we depart in the
mornings. These evenings are ripe for reflection, for a cozy blanket draped across the lap, a glass of warm bourbon, a good book, and soon enough, a warming fire in the fireplace. And, of course, some classic tunes in the background as life truly imitates art to remind us of our own seasons. At 61, reflecting on my own spring and summer tends to match the mood of the changing weather outside our home. And ol’ Blue Eyes sings on… “But now the days are short, I’m in the autumn of my years And now I think of my life as vintage wine From fine old kegs From the brim to the dregs It poured sweet and clear It was a very good year”
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Ken Heath is a Marion, VA hometown boy who expresses his passions in his writings and through music. After his ‘real job’, Ken is owner of the legendary Cliffside Roadhouse, doggie dad to Miss Reagan and their rescue Scottie the Wonder Dog with his wonderful wife. Follow him on Facebook and on Twitter at #kenheath.
Adapted by Christopher Sergel From the novel by Harper Lee
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