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"Warm October, cold February." -- Old Farmer's Almanac
Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 - Oct. 15
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Oct. 5 = Frugal Fun Day
Oct. 9 = Emergency Nurse Day
Oct. 12 = National Chess Day
Oct. 14 = Indigenous Peoples Day
Oct. 16 = Dictionary Day
Oct. 20 = National Day on Writing
Oct. 28 = National Immigrants Day
Oct. 31 = Halloween/ Samhain
Nov. 2 = Young Creative Writer's Workshop - Pellissippi State Community College. For more information visit: https://www.pstcc.edu/events/ycww/

“The early morning mountain mist is spread over the valley like a large, gray blanket. Underneath it, the tiny hamlet, snug and settled, rests easy. It is early autumn and the rich greenery of summer is beginning to give way to brown, red, orange, and gold hues that will become more pronounced as the sun comes up over the mountains in the eastern sky.”
Robert Santelli, The Appalachians

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Anymore, the bearded faces that smothered my cheeks with burns and kisses have been shaved. Some buried. The dresses now are too small, the laced edges ripped . . .

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