Hello October!!!

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Becky Dingle

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Dear Reader:

This will be a little short blog entry today because I want to play with my grandchildren (Tigger included of course) all day! It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

And of course…since it is the first day of a new month…I hope everyone remembers to say “Rabbit” for good luck. *I am beginning to think I must have forgotten that little tidbit, myself, last month as things got pretty wacky and unexpectedly crazy.

But not today….“Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit”!!!!!

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I remembered the cute episode of Winnie the Pooh with the beginning of autumn and falling leaves…anybody else remember?

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It’s the first day of Autumn! – Winnie the Poohs Grand Adventure (1 minute) Click on!

This poem by Robert Frost has grown on me, with me, as I have grown older because of the metaphor of falling leaves and human years. Frost wants badly to remain with his children and grandchildren…for the “grapes sake” …to watch them grow and mature! I can definitely relate!

*(He entreats the leaves to fall slowly, “for the grapes’ sake.”   The grapes are a metaphor for his children. Fruit is a frequent symbol for offspring, such as in God’s instruction to be fruitful. Anyway, the poem’s speaker is not ready to leave his children. He still feels connected to them, they are still part of his vine. It’s possible he feels they have not ripened or reached maturity.)

October – by Robert Frost

O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow.
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know.
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away.
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—
For the grapes’ sake along the wall.

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So until tomorrow…Let’s all go play in God’s Biggest Playground today and laugh the day away!

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

 

 

About Becky Dingle

I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also taught at the College of Charleston. For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret of success in teaching social studies is always in the story. I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re ripe you rot.”
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