This Dear and Fine Country
by Ray Guy | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0919519512 Global Overview for this book
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``Well, we made it once again, boys!
Winter is over.
Oh, but there is still snow on the ground.
So what? It hasn't got a chance. It is living in jeopardy from day to day. We should pity it because it will soon be ready for the funeral parlor.
It is only a matter of another few weeks and we shall see it disappear into brown and foaming brooks; we shall see the meadows burning green and spangled with little piss-a-beds like tiny yellow suns.
Winter is over.
Oh, but there is still ice on the water.
So what? the globe is turning and nothing can stop it, not even Ottawa. We are revolving into light.
The fisherman tars his boat on the beach and is heated by two suns, one in the sky and another reflected from the water, and the ice on the cliff behind him drops away to a poor skeleton.
It is only a matter of a few more paltry weeks and we shall see the steam rising from the ponds and from the damp ground behind the plow; we shall see the grandmothers sitting out by the doorstep for a few minutes watching the cat; we shall see the small boats a bustle, piled high with lobster pots in the bow and the days melting further and further into the night.
Winter is over now.
Praise God and all honor to our forefathers through generations who did never forsake this dear and fine country. ``
Winter is over.
Oh, but there is still snow on the ground.
So what? It hasn't got a chance. It is living in jeopardy from day to day. We should pity it because it will soon be ready for the funeral parlor.
It is only a matter of another few weeks and we shall see it disappear into brown and foaming brooks; we shall see the meadows burning green and spangled with little piss-a-beds like tiny yellow suns.
Winter is over.
Oh, but there is still ice on the water.
So what? the globe is turning and nothing can stop it, not even Ottawa. We are revolving into light.
The fisherman tars his boat on the beach and is heated by two suns, one in the sky and another reflected from the water, and the ice on the cliff behind him drops away to a poor skeleton.
It is only a matter of a few more paltry weeks and we shall see the steam rising from the ponds and from the damp ground behind the plow; we shall see the grandmothers sitting out by the doorstep for a few minutes watching the cat; we shall see the small boats a bustle, piled high with lobster pots in the bow and the days melting further and further into the night.
Winter is over now.
Praise God and all honor to our forefathers through generations who did never forsake this dear and fine country. ``
Journal Entry 2 by fracula at Beddington Towne Centre in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (6/27/2017 UTC) at Beddington Towne Centre in Calgary, Alberta Canada
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This book has been selected and released for the Canada Day Release Challenge, June 24 - July 8 2017, hosted by gypsysmom.
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