secret and silent

*

november

is the pearl-grey month.

the changeling between

warm crimson October

ad cold white December.

the month

when the leaves fall in slow 

drifting whirls

and the shapes of the trees

are revealed 

when the earth 

imperceptibly wakes

and stretches her bare limbs 

and displays

her stubborn unconquerable strength

before she settles uneasily 

into winter.

NOVEMBER

is secret and silent 

Alison Uttley

*

I always assumed I love 

N O V E M B E R 

so much because I was born

in november .

The month of my birthday .

I LOVE birthdays .

the season of rain and being indoors

and tea and lots of books .

I was a reading girl 

and my birthday always brougth me

new books 

I LOVE books .

I love the way they "feel"

the smell of the paper 

the structure of the paper 

the lay-out

all of it 

and

above all

the magic

of disappearing

in the story

the not wanting to stop reading ......

as a child I was allowed to read one chapter

before sleep !

and than the ligth had to go out !

In school we were allowed

to take one book a week ..

Loved that too 

to be able to choose 

for myself 

for free....

At a schoolreunion a few years ago

I heard for the first time

most kids from my class

were NOT allowed to read at home.

they had to help and work .

Reading was waste of time .

that was in the fifties

 one of the advantages

of growing older is

to understand my life

more and more .

By being a grandmother

it's like I got an overview

of how wonderful life is .

a new birthday

I love it 

sweet november to all of you