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Falling Petals, issue 2, Summer 1946

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                FALLING PETALS

               THERE IS A TIME
              By Charles Ballard

There is a time
on a summer afternoon
when the sunlight is all at once caressing
and intimate and tender,
like a child singing to itself--
and all the beauty and wonder that surrounded me
has entered into my being.

I still my breathing and listen,
for it seems as if a door over the hills
had opened
and one had come through
to walk with me.
and tell a little tale of what I had forgotten 
long ago.

("Driftwood," April, 1936.)

   Only stand high a long enough time your lightning will come.
   ("The Summit Redwood," by Robinson Jeffers.)

If you have not done all that you have hoped to do, maybe it's because you don't work hard enough. - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.

   If we do not desire to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.
   (President Truman, San Francisco, April 26, 1945.)

   Conventionality is not morality; self-righteousness is not religion.
   Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation... If at my individual convenience I might break them, what would be their worth.
   ("Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Bronte.)

Previously unpublished compositions:

     "A Fragment," by Harold Bertram

   FALLING PETALS, a vehicle for treasures in miniature, a "GOLDEN ATOM" Publication, is a privately issued compilation, not for sale, distributed through the fapa and to friends.
   Letters of comment will be welcomed. Material such as poetry, anecdotes or very brief stories will be considered for inclusion in possible future issues. Just drop a line to Larry Farsaci or Miss Ann Farsaci (co-editor), GOLDEN ATOM PUBLICATIONS, 48 Lewis Street, Rochester 5, New York.

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FALLING PETALS THERE IS A TIME By Charles Ballard There is a time on a summer afternoon when the sunlight is all at once caressing and intimate and tender, like a child singing to itself-- and all the beauty and wonder that surrounded me has entered into my being. I still my breathing and listen, for it seems as if a door over the hills had opened and one had come through to walk with me. and tell a little tale of what I had forgotten long ago. ("Driftwood," April, 1936.) Only stand high a long enough time your lightning will come. ("The Summit Redwood," by Robinson Jeffers.) If you have not done all that you have hoped to do, maybe it's because you don't work hard enough. - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. If we do not desire to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace. (President Truman, San Francisco, April 26, 1945.) Conventionality is not morality; self-righteousness is not religion. Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation... If at my individual convenience I might break them, what would be their worth. ("Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Bronte.) Previously unpublished compositions: "A Fragment," by Harold Bertram FALLING PETALS, a vehicle for treasures in miniature, a "GOLDEN ATOM" Publication, is a privately issued compilation, not for sale, distributed through the fapa and to friends. Letters of comment will be welcomed. Material such as poetry, anecdotes or very brief stories will be considered for inclusion in possible future issues. Just drop a line to Larry Farsaci or Miss Ann Farsaci (co-editor), GOLDEN ATOM PUBLICATIONS, 48 Lewis Street, Rochester 5, New York. -1-