Charles Burchfield, Journals, November 24-25, 1917

                                        Nov - 24 - 25 ‒

            The strange-ness of railroad yards — North from Youngstown — A straight line snow – pale woods dense swamps – scrawny stumps & elm trees — the old Thanksgiving mood commences — fence posts & dead weeds have a strange look –

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            At Jefferson by early Dusk – The “[scribbled out]” church with sharp sliver for a steeple — broad street lined with elms — more quaint churches— a feeling of New England & remoteness (the church in the Dell) — on answering a man’s salutation my own voice seems strange & out of place —

            The telegraph harp —

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            At Sherwoods — the wonderful old-fashioned interior — the cold white light from a lamp above on the teakettle – ticktock of clock ‒

Charles E. Burchfield,  November 24-25, 1917