Published: March 24, 2011
Words: 2,674 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458046321

Short description

Multi-colored splashes of sugar maple leaves carpet the ground, disturbed only by squirrels scrounging for acorns and the woodsman's autumnal pilgrimage to cut firewood. Many happy days of the old man's life were spent in these hardwood hills, and he journeys here each fall with his memories. Spend a day with him and share his life in a day.

Extended description

The night breeze ebbed and flowed. Rising and falling. Rustling leaves followed by silence. Rising and falling. Unseen clouds blocked the starlight, and the big woods was dark as a womb. A final gust whistled through the tree tops, and the first glimmers of dawn appeared in the east, silhouetting a tall burr oak that took form. The screech of a blue jay pierced the silence, announcing the birth of a new day.

The woodsman hesitated on a knoll to absorb the scene before him. Mist shrouded the pothole slough in the low ground. Straining pond moss through their beaks, a greenhead mallard and his hen dabbled along the icy edge. A pair of gray squirrels foraged for acorns, disturbing the sheen of frost that masked the yellows and umbers of the fresh-fallen blanket of leaves. A red squirrel scolded from his perch on a low branch, tail arched high with the appearance of a monarch on a throne.

Return with the woodsman to the hills, to the woodlands, to his memories.

Tags

nature, trees, oak tree, ecology, lumberjack, forests, country life, minnesota, do it yourself, fatherson, birds, nature writing, heating, logging, forestry, maple tree, natural resources, grandfathers, blue jay, outdoors and nature, chainsaw, firewood, power tools

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Review by: Elizabeth Miller on Sep. 25, 2011 :
Stellar short story told in vivid detail. Wonderful descriptions of the day in the life of a man enjoying nature. Well Done!!
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Tamara Montano on May 12, 2011 :
A touching story of a man whose review of his life parallels his work as a woodsman. I love the symbolism. Thank you Member Giveway for such a Wonderful Story.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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