Written by Charles Dickens and published in 1866 in a Christmas edition of his magazine, All the Year Round, The Signal-Man is a ghost story - and who doesn’t love a good ghost story? This BBC production is perfect for a holiday winter evening. Yes I recommend!
https://youtu.be/I89tiXorwBQ?si=dNQAZCA_WKvVcnJO
Coming home last Thursday I came upon a group of turkeys that (obviously) escaped Thanksgiving! Beautiful colors.
The sky grew dark
tonight
right on time.
Nighttime is never
late.
The earth
never stops turning.
And the sun
always rises.
In a way
that makes
everything easier
because
there are so many things
in life
you can
never count on.
(C) Jan Darrow 2025 - photo: Pixabay
there is a ghost in the woods.
I think now about the drive out of town.
The gold leaves drifting into shadows.
The shifting trees.
You brought me here
into the long dry grass.
You promised
a memory -
when we were young
and you were .. everything.
From Winter Poems: Building Sound
(C) Jan Darrow - Photo Pixabay
My flash fiction piece titled Impact was published today by Freedom Fiction Journal! Click the link below to visit my story and this wonderful journal.
https://www.freedomfiction.com/
Thank you so, so much for supporting my books this year - especially Autumn Poetry: A Collection for the Season. Hopefully it helped get you into an autumn state of mind.
Every year October goes by so fast, yet luckily, I still find time to enjoy the changing colors and autumn light. I never tire of it. I hope you have time to enjoy it too!
Jan 🧡
I just have to share this perfect for a dark October night movie! It’s titled, Another Man’s Poison and is a British crime drama from 1951. It stars Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, and Emlyn Williams. Davis plays a writer, Janet, who kills her husband. And yes, it involves poison. Of course I recommend!
Full Movie:
https://youtu.be/A1PespZ-Hgw?si=6SJq89aHjr7B38Bi
