My-Oh-My - What a Sunrise!

Okay, we need to get our heads examined. Our Conesus Lake home is on the market. It was a difficult decision but we put the for sale sign up two weeks ago. Then, this morning, the Lord blessed us with the most incredible sun rise I've ever seen. Are we crazy?

It is hard to believe that 1,500 miles away the Gulf Coast is being pounded by hurricane Rita and Conesus Lake is smooth as glass, the only ripples caused by ducks, geese and an occasional bass boat. The TV is blaring news reports "Rita's Wrath" and "Hurricane Rita: State of Emergency" (Don't you hate the way the news media now gives a soap opera name to every major news event ?" and I can turn it off and find such peace and serenity. Yes we are crazy!

Storing September - A Tribute to Arlene

We gathered at the First Presbeterian Church of Honeoye Falls yesterday to say good bye to a special lady. During the service, her daughter read a poem in which Arlene was very fond.

Storing September

by Elizabeth Rooney

You asked me what I did today

I could pretend and say,

"I don't remember."

But no, I'll tell you what I did today-

I stored September.

Sat in the sun and let the sun sink in,

Let all the warmth of it caress my skin.

When winter comes, my skin will still remember

The day I stored September.

And then, my eyes-

I filled them with the deepest, bluest skies

When winter comes, my eyes will still remember

The day they stored September.

And there was cricket song to fill my ears!

And the taste of grapes

And the deep purple of them!

And asters, like small clumps of sky...

You know how much I love them.

That's what I did today

And I know why.

Just simply for the love of it,

I stored September.

When I left the church yesterday, indeed, I did fill my eyes with the deepest, bluest skies. And had it not been for Arlene, I probably never would have noticed. God bless her!