Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)Volume 44, Page 3
November 6, 1941- November 7, 1941
cardboard notebook bound with string
8 1/2 x 11 inches
Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
3. described by a physicist as a “bronchial cough” of “mother earth. He called it a brontide (which literally translated would be thunder – tide or – wave. It’s cause has never been explained. He said that the Indians had observed it, and called it the “death-drum” – I have never before experienced; or even heard of it.
I like to think of it in connection with the season – of the retreat of life into the black earth; and the approach of winter.
Nov. 7 (Friday)
a.m. – B + I to Wyoming Village, by way of Blossim, Bullis Rd, Cowlesville, Attica, Middleboro Village. A cold day, with lowering sky, driven by a S.W. wind. A little rain at times. It was an ideal day for driving and we thoroughly enjoyed our outing. The country was beautiful; almost midway between October and November coloring.
Lunch at Wyoming Inn. Very pleasant. The Inn crammed with “antiques” of every description. The two Scotties.
Home by same route, except a detour at the railroad just west of Middleboro, southward, to see the Great Pines – Northern Spy tree by the road. I picked up several (later we ate them, we decided they were the best apples we had eaten in many years.)
Jim calls up, and says he has a 3 month old Springer Spaniel, which he will bring around Saturday or Sunday
