Peter and I are watching a film called Dead Silence about a ghost of ventriloquist.
Did you know?
In the 6th century BC, it was believed that the spirit of the dead speak through the stomach of the living.
It was this notion that the word ventroloquist was derived from Latin words venter meaning belly and loqui meaning speak.
By the way the film is quite good!
Poem
It is autumn, sooner or later the leaves will turn all shades of yellow, red, orange and brown and then they will start to fall.
Did you know that Fall, as in Autumn, comes from an old English Feallen meaning the falling of the leaves. American and Canadian use this term for one of the four seasons whilst the Brits have semi-abandoned Fall for the French Autompne and Latin Autumnus
I love the leaves when they are newly fallen, they create such a lovely colours underfoot. But given a few days, they would turn dirty brown and break up and get slushy in the rain. Raking them in is such a chore too. 🙁
Autumn Leaves, Photo by PH Morton