SCENES FROM THE BEACH | by George Thatcher / NOV. 22, 2015

Even in late November along our coastland, there are days like this one -- warm and sunny, more reminiscent of summer than approaching winter. A previous generation called such times "Indian summers."

Emily Dickinson wrote, "These are the days when birds come back, / A very few, a bird or two, / To take a backward look. / These are the days when skies put on / The old, old sophistries of June -- / A blue and gold mistake."*

We too view our blue sky and remember light-hearted June days.

-- Diary, fall 2015

* "Indian Summer," Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson; Gramercy Books, New York (1982).

From the diary of beach walker George Thatcher / Email: fishcrow@aol.com

Collections of Mr. Thatcher's observations are available from Quail Ridge Press (www.quailridge.com or 1-800-343-1583).

This story was originally published November 21, 2015 at 7:09 PM with the headline "SCENES FROM THE BEACH | by George Thatcher / NOV. 22, 2015 ."