Sunday, December 09, 2012

First Snow


It came in the night, quietly, without fanfare—not at all like a thunderstorm that brags about its arrival with flashing lightning and booming thunder.

The first snowstorm of the season.  It slips in unannounced.  No loud noises, no flashes of light.  Just gentle falling snow.  Little flakes at first and then larger ones as daylight arrives and mid-morning approaches and snow accumulates on the lawn and the bare branches of the maple trees in my backyard, and the shrubbery in front of the house.

There are “oh’s” and “ah’s” from those who see it, who know that this first snow, better than any calendar number, marks the changing of the seasons.  That fall is now buried in white, and winter has arrived—quietly but oh so effectively.

THE OLD TIMER SAYS:  When asked what to do about the snow, answered, “Let it snow.”

FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING  “A FARM STORY” DVD, AND MY NEW NOVEL “TAMARACK RIVER GHOST:”

Fund Raiser: Patterson Memorial Library

[Note that checks should be made out to Friends of Patterson Memorial Library]

Special pricing to benefit the Patterson Memorial Library in Wild Rose, Jerry’s hometown!
Book The Tamarack River Ghost List $26.95
The Patterson’s price only $22.00 ($28.00 shipped)

DVD Jerry Apps: A Farm Story List $16.95 The Patterson’s price only $15.00 ($20.0
0 shipped)
Special Bundle Offer exclusively by the Patterson:
Tamarack River Ghost & Jerry Apps: A Farm Story – List $43.90
The Patterson’s Price Only $35.00 ($43.00 shipped)

Patterson Memorial Library
500 Division St. PO Box 305
Wild Rose, WI 54984

All items are sold by the Friends of the Patterson Memorial Library. We will accept checks or cash, we’re sorry but we don’t have any way to accept credit or debit cards, checks should be made out to the Friends of Patterson Memorial Library.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:


December 15, 11:00 -12:30. Wisconsin Historical Society Museum, Downtown Madison.  Book Signing.



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