He came early last Friday morning, on a brisk northwest
wind, when everyone was sleeping. Sneaky
this one, but persistent. Coming to
remind us that he will be here soon. But
now just teasing. Sending us a reminder
of what is to come.
Old Man Winter is a wily one. He sits up there in the North, waiting his
opportunity to come visiting, if but for a few hours. Reminding us that like a free-loading
relative, he will eventually come to stay for weeks, indeed months, before he
once more retreats to his home in the Great North.
I awoke last Friday morning to my car covered with an inch
of snow, and the lawn, and the rooftops—all snow covered. Old Man Winter’s calling card. His message not written in words, but in
snowflakes. But a message received and
understood.
“I’m coming
soon. Ready or not.”
THE OLD TIMER SAYS:
Are you ready? Old Man Winter is.
COMING EVENTS:
November
8, 9:00-11:30, Plymouth Arts Center, Plymouth, WI. Sponsored by Sheboygan County Research
Center. Barns of Wisconsin.
November
12, Noon. Wisconsin Historical Society Tour, La Crosse, Weber Center for the
Preforming Arts. Farm Stories.
November
14, 6:30 dinner. Port Washington
Library. Meeting at First Congregational
Church, 131 Webster Street, Port Washington.
How I became a writer.
December
3, 7:00 p.m. Live on Milwaukee Public
TV. A Farm Winter.
December
7, 1:00-2:15 and 2:30-3:15 Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells (Two sessions) Wis
Farm Bureau Meeting. Writing From Your Life for Children and Grandchildren.
December
8, 8:00 p. m. Live on Twin Cities Public
TV. A Farm Winter.
December
13, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Barnes and
Noble, LaCrosse. Book Signing.
January
28, 7:00 p.m. Stoughton Opera House. A
Farm Winter.
Purchase Jerry’s DVDS and his
Books from the Patterson Memorial Library in Wild Rose, Wisconsin (a fund
raiser for them): Patterson Memorial Library
The
library now has available both of Jerry’s DVDs, Emmy Winner, A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps and Jerry Apps A Farm Story.
Also
available are several of Jerry’s book including The Quiet Season (on which the DVD A Farm Winter is based), as well as Rural Wit and Wisdom and Old
Farm, (which are related to the DVD Jerry
Apps a Farm Story). Also available is Jerry’s new novel, The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County.
Contact
the library for prices and special package deals.
Patterson
Memorial Library
50
Division St.
2 comments:
Yes, Old Man Winter is coming. From the windy roar in the trees I've heard lately, I know he's getting close.
Jerry,
Welcome to the little preview of winter in northern Door County. My Father always talked of my Grandfather's view of the seasons in Door County: "Nine months of Winter and 3 months of poor sleighing", in German, of course.
Thank you for the fun and learning @ the Clearing Saturday. It was a wonderful experience!
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