Tag: autumn
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Autumn Sunday Afternoon (slowing down)
The sky is the colour of winter. A little bit hazy; a little bit far away. Like high-school rugby matches from crowded concrete stands. Like long Grahamstown walks past frost-whitened fields. Like quiet days studying for mid-year exams. The air is still warmer, though. Still a sunny Autumn day. Still warm for now. Later there…
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The last time I saw Autumn…
The seasons are beginning to turn again. Mornings are chilly and the late Summer mists have come to Stutterheim. I watch the swallows patching up their nest and wonder how much longer they’ll be here. Soon it will be Autumn. Autumn is the last season that got lost along the way in changing back and…
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Gyeongju
One of the places about which my guide book is unusually enthusiastic – unusual because it is decidedly luke-warm about places like Daegu – is Gyeongju, a city about an hour away from Daegu which served as the capital during the Silla Dynasty, including during the first years of a unified Korea. The place is…