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Hal Borland

September is more than a month; really; it is a season; an achievement in itself。 It begins with August’s leftovers and itends with October’s preparations; but along the way it achieves special satisfactions。 After summer’s heat and haste; the year consolidates itself。 Deliberate September—in its own time and tempo—begins to sum up another summer。

With September es a sense of autumn。 It creeps in ona misty dawn and vanishes in the hot afternoon。 It tiptoes through the treetops。 rouging a few leaves; then rides a tuft of thistledown across the valley and away。 It sits on a hill top and hoots like an October owl in the dusk。 It plays tag with the wind。 September is a changeling; busy as a squirrel in a hickory tree; idle as a languid brook。 It is summer’s ripen and richness fulfilled。

Some of the rarest days of the year e in the September season—days when it is fortably cool but pulsing with life; when the sky is clear and clean; the air crisp; the wind free of dust。 Meadows still smell of hay and the sweetness of cut grass。 September flowers are less varied than those of May but so abundant that they make September another flowery month。 Goldenrod es by mid…August; but rises to a peak of golden abundance inearly September。 Late thistles make spectacular purple accents。 And asters“blossom everywhere; along the rcadsides; in meadows; on the hilltops; even in city lots; ranging in color from pure whitethrough all degrees of lavender to the royal New England purpie。”

We think of spring as the miracle time; when opening bud and new leaf proclaim the persistence of life。 But September is when the abiding wonder makes itself known in a subtler way。 Now growth es to annual fruition; and preparations are pleted for another year; another generation。 The acorn “ripens and the hickory nut matures。 The plant mits its future to the seed and the root。 The insect stows tomorrow in the egg and the pupa。 The surge is almost over and lire begins to relax。

甜美的九月(3)

The green prime is passing。 The trees begin to proclaim the change。 Soon the leaves will be discarded; the grass will sere。 But the miracle of life persists; the mysterious germ of growth and renewal that is the seed itself。

This is gossamer season。 Dawn shimmers with spider filaments; proof that late hatches of spiderlings have the instinct to travel。 On such gossamer strands tiny spiders have traveled into the Arctic and almost to the summits of the Himalayas。 Soon milkweed pods will open with their silver floss。

This is the season of the harvest moon。 With reasonably clear skies it will be a moonlit week; for the harvest moon is nothasty; it es early and stays late。 There was a time when the busy farmer could return to the fields after supper and continue his harvest by moonlight。 There’s still harvesting to be done; but much of it now centers on the kitchen rather than the barns。 The last bountiful yield es from the garden; the late sweet corn; the tomatoes; the root vegetables。 The canning; the preserving; the freezing; the kitchen harvest in all its variety; reaches its peak。

First frost es in the night; a clear; scant…starred night when the moon is near its fullness。 It es without a whisper; quiet as thistle down; brushing the corner of a hillside garden。 Dawn es and you see its path—the glistening leaf; the gleaming stem; the limp; blackening garden vine。

Another night or two the frost walks the valleys in the moonlight。 Then it goes back beyond the northern hills to wait a little longer; and the golden mildness of early autumn forts the land。 A faint anise smell is on the air; goldenrod scent。 The mistswirls and September shines through; the deep…blue sky of September。

To warm…blooded creatures; the crisp; cool nights of September are invigorating。 But cold…blooded insects are at the mercy of the sun and now their clocks run down。 The cicada is stilled。 The chorus of the cricket and katydid diminishes。 When they rash at all it is with the deliberate tempo of a fiddler drawing a worn bow across fraying strings。

Now e the hoarding days。 Mice have been harvesting and stowing seeds for weeks。 The chipmunk lines his winter bedroom; and squirrel hide the nut trees; bounty。 The woodchucks; gorging on grass and clover and fruit; lay up their harvest inbody fat under their own skins。

The flickers begin to gather for migration。 All summer these big woodpeckers were resolutely individual; busy with family life and wanting no pany。 Now they are gregarious; with time for tribal gossip and munity play。 The warblers and swallow shave already formed in premigration flocks; soon the robins will be gathering too。 Nesting is pleted; fledglings are on their own; and there is food in plenty。 September is vacation time for birds。 Who knows but that they are discussing the trip ahead?

By September’s end the treasure chest of autumn begins to spill over with wealth。 You see it glowing in the quiet afternoon; aflame in the sunset。 Woodland; roadside and dooryard will soon be jeweled beyond a rajah’s richest dreams。

The year’s season in the sun has run its course。 Nature begins to prepare for winter。 After the color in the woodlands。 the leaves will blanket the soil。 The litter of autumn will bee much; then humus for root and tender seed。 The urgency of growth is ended for another year; but life itself is hoarded in root and bulb and seed and egg。

婚姻、爱与自由(1)

佚名

你问:“婚姻和自由,二者可以兼得吗?”

如果把婚姻看得轻松一些,你就可以获得自由;如果以严肃的态度来看待婚姻,你绝对不可能获得自由。把婚姻当作一场游戏,它就是一场游戏。人要有一点幽默感,那只是你在生命的舞台上扮演的一个角色,它既不属于存在的范畴,也不具有真实性——它只是一个虚构的事物。

然而,人们居然愚昧地把虚构当成了现实。我看到虚构的悲剧小说故事能让读者流泪。在电影院,关掉灯是一个很好的办法,那样人们就会陶醉在电影之中,然后哭泣、欢笑、快乐和伤心。然而,人们在开着灯的时候就很难做到了,因为其他人会作何感想呢?他们彻彻底底地忘记了现实,他们也非常清楚,屏幕中没有人,那是空的,只是投影下的图像。

同样的事情也发生在我们的生活之中。很多?

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