Yom Kippur greetings to all our Jewish friends and neighbors.
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Garden report: the New England asters have bloomed. The sugar snap peas are up several inches. I will now put string for them to climb on. I have found mushrooms, brown and white, on the lawn. That is surprising since it has been so dry. They usually sprout after the rain.
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It is now officially fall. The autumnal equinox was Tuesday. It’s time to put hoses away, shut off the outside faucets and bring in the planters that are no longer in bloom.
Each spring I take down the curtains in the living and dining rooms to enjoy all the sunshine. With the change in temperature, it’s time to rehang the curtains to keep the heat in.
And October begins next month!
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The Amherst Arts Night Plus is sponsoring a walkable exhibit window gallery opening Oct. 1 and continuing until Oct. 22, according to Amy Crawley of the Public Arts Commission. She wrote that 40 area artists will have their works on display in 90 restaurants, banks, retail businesses, the cinema and empty storefronts.
It’s free and outdoors so you can get exercise and enjoy some wonderful contributions by very creative people. Of course, you can buy what appeals to you.
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Laura MacLeod, of Amherst, sent me a card of a drawing of the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth, New Hampshire. She said the building was pure New England. The views were lovely there.
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Jeff Bohne, of South Amherst, is becoming a wonderful source for things to do. He is the Moderator at South Church on Fiddlers’s Green. He wrote that the church is holding a Fall Dinner to go Oct. 3 with pick up between 4:30 and 6 p.m. in 15 minute intervals. The options include pork roast or vegetarian sausage with all the sides.
Reservations are required and the deadline is Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15. Call 253-2977 to reserve a dinner.
As with the church’s other fund raisers, proceeds will benefit the Western Mass Food Bank and the Survival Center.
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Dr. John Lombardi, former chancellor of UMass Amherst, will speak on “Universities After the Crisis,” Sept. 28 at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom for the Amherst Woman’s Club, of which I am a member.
The talk will be posted for the public on the Woman’s Club website, amherstwomansclub.org.
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