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a cool cloak of bracing air

Posted: Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 @ 3:51 pm in Journal | Comments Off

“This was one of those perfect …days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy,…. and, with feigned sympathy for those who droop with August heat, puts her cool cloak of bracing air about leaf and flower and human shoulders.”Sarah Orne Jewett So yes, it was cool [...]