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And We Keep Changing

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I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago that I was reading “Flight Behavior” by Barbara Kingsolver. The author enjoys pulling readers into the relationships in the book…to allow us (the readers) to see things from other folks’ perspectives. However, the final pages are the ones that have lingered with me. In this book, which I hope I don’t spoil for anyone, the monarch butterflies…the King Billies...are wintering in East Tennessee vs. Mexico. There are many factors as to why…the changing climate, availability of milkweed, etc., but it’s not a good thing. It seems to be an impossible situation.

However, there is an inkling of hope as a few of the monarchs survive the winter in spite of all of the perils. We don’t know their final outcome, but we are given hope that they may be evolving and adapting to the new “now.”

And even though it’s not “time” to put out fall decor if you’re a person who follows that type of thing (I am), these guys are tired of lying around on the ground. They are “done” and I’m adapting.

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Not just one…but a bunch! A “gang” or a “gaggle”!

Gourd 2

If you follow Pinterest, Southern Living and all the other places that feature pretty autumn pictures NEXT month, you know that I’m early in placing these pretty gourds in my foyer. What else is there to do???

Gourds IN Foyer

This continues to be a year of change for us…our family is changing, my transition to not working is occurring, and our “dear girls” Gracie and Luckie are getting so old that they will not be with us much longer. Not all these changes are welcome or wanted, but we’re like the King Billies, we’ll adapt.

Thank you for reading RiverCliff Cottage. I hope all your changes are good ones!!

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Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Since Mike’s son and his family have been visiting this week, I have not been on the blog too much. I’ve missed it. We’ve been pretty busy but I’ve squeezed in time to read a little bit of Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. I’ve actually been both listening to it on CD when in the car and reading it when I go to bed.

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Barbara (I’m throwing her name around as if she and I are pals…I’ve never met her) lives in Meadowview, Virginia. We are almost next door neighbors! When it comes to rural life in the south, she gets it.

However, this book is so much more. It’s about climate change, monarch butterflies, the amazing Dellarobia and the “Lord’s business” in the lives of the fictional Feathertown set in rural East Tennessee. It also celebrates the “forever” friendship of two women.

If you like to read, you’ll love it, and you’ll be smarter for the time you invest.

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