Preparation
The harvest
is pretty much done. It’s not too early,
Farmers on
the cusp of cold and moderate zones pre-
pare their land
and animals for the upcoming winter.
It won’t be long
now before heaving winds from
the Arctic and
Canada sweep down over the Great
Plains.
Soon, ice
and snow, the blustery cold. I know Halloween
is still
more than a month away yet, but the days, the
weeks, summer
drip away.
From here,
from these wide sweeps of fertile land we
cannot see
or feel the Earth tilting in degrees—the
Northern
Hemisphere quietly leans away from the sun.
But we know all
too well what lies ahead. And you
check the
anti-freeze level in your car; you look for the
woolen
winter coat hung in the back of the closet.
Moths couldn’t
care less whether you’re a farmer or a
city
dweller, they have no regard for the season’s change
either. What
do they care?
They love to
keep busy year-round feasting on luscious
morsels of
wool. Ah, but you, sir, are in luck. Late last year
you switched
your wrap to a down-filled synthetic blend.
Chris
Hanch 9-15-15
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