This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the ripening country-side, 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.


A White Heron and Other Stories (ed. Courier Corporation, 2012) - ISBN: 9780486158594


This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the...

This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the...

This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the...

This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the...