The Charleston Gazette - Alyce Faye Bragg Op-Ed http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg The Charleston Gazette - Alyce Faye Bragg http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911060708 Each season brings its own blessings The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year,Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere;Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead;They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the r...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200911060708 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910300892 Old superstitions live long in the hills of West Virginia http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910300892 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:46:15 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910230708 Fall sunshine mellows the golden hills Birds Search for Summer "Summer is gone," say the Blue Asters by the roadside."Summer is gone," say the Long Shadows at evening tide.The crickets and the Katydids sang the whole night lo...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910230708 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:32:19 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910160686 Alyce Faye Bragg: Dreary days help us appreciate sunshine Autumn Oracle By Laura Lee Randall A sunset sky, and the west wind sighing, A threat of winter ... the wild gulls crying; Swift flocks of birds to the southland winging; Bare brown boughs in a fren...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910160686 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:43:55 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910090653 Harvest moon holds an important place in our lives http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910090653 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:51:17 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910020458 Autumn in the W.Va. hills is beyond compare Whos for the Hills. Whos for the hills.Ho, for the stress and struggle, and at lastThe gain of summit places sure and fast!Ho, for a clearer air, a fairer view,A hilltop nearer to the mighty blue! http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200910020458 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:15:26 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909250861 The most glorious of season is fast approaching http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909250861 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:58:37 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909180420 Those who have love in their homes are truly rich http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909180420 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:37:47 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909110310 A happy reunion in the final days of summer Tis the Last Rose of Summer By Thomas Moore Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone; No flower of her kindred, No rose-bu...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909110310 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:50:04 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909040526 Plants, animals, people bid a fond farewell to summer Rondel for September By Karle Wilson BakerYou thought it was a falling leaf we heard;I knew it was the Summers gypsy feet,A sound so reticent it scarcely stirredThe ear so still a message to repeat, -- http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200909040526 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:00:50 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908280606 Summer seems to get shorter as a person grows older "Marching, marching, round about the school room/ Heads erect, eyes ahead, like the soldiers on parade/ Marching, marching, do not fall behind!/ Keep in step as we turn and wind." My brother Larry came in early this morning, singing the ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908280606 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:55:01 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908210549 Gardens are full and summer is winding down http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908210549 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:49:37 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908140472 Recovering from yet another bump in the road A soft, soothing rain is falling on our hills this morning -- the type of rain that Mom always called a "swoozy" rain. After several days of dry weather, the garden is soaking it in greedily. Lawns were beginning to look brown around the edge...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200908140472 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:32:04 -0400