Between Our Steps: Leaves Falling

Contributor Cathy Hird shares an autumn-inspired column from her series, Between Our Steps

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The last ten days of October, every morning the ground was a blanket of yellow and orange sprinkled with red. At some time during the day, between rain or snow showers, I would rake, uncovering the gravel of the driveway, the green of the lawn. The ash leaves had fallen early, had already been moved into the gardens, but there seeme…