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十月,帶著光輝所以慶典多. 鬧過了雙十國慶, 不知還會有什麼新鮮有趣的事? 鶯歌的陶藝嘉年華正上演, 想起, 原來我從來沒有踏入過這個城鎮, 於是, 決定在周日好好地遊戲鶯歌. 一早, 搭上通車已數月的永寧線, 再轉公車直上北二高, 總算來到了鶯歌. 悠閒地走著, 早起的鳥兒果然有蟲吃, 老街上遊客不多, 看到一個不一樣的陶瓷古鎮, 有趣. 後來決定去走鶯歌石步道, 一路上秋天的景緻, 山裡的花草顏色不止多樣, 有剛下台的落葉,有剛上場的紅欒, 這是初秋的樣貌, 四季中最多變的一季, 十月, 正是秋天的主角月份. 看到了鶯歌石, 遇見了擦身而過的登山客, 一聲聲"早"~ 拉近了人與人之間的距離, 很開心. 下了山, 搭車免費公車, 到陶瓷博物館參觀, 想看看古街的人潮, 於是又到古街裡轉了一圈, 在人群中穿梭, 已沒有在山間親切的問候, 也少了人與人之間的互動, 覺得無力了, 轉身就回台北了. 火車上, 突然想起九月讀的一首詩-- A Calendar of Sonnets: October 正好描寫了這一天的心情... 嘉年華的月份, 大自然讓地球狂野著, 一季的的歡愉全在這一天度過了~ A Calendar of Sonnets: October

The month of carnival of all the year, When Nature lets the wild earth go its way, And spend whole seasons on a single day. The spring-time holds her white and purple dear; October, lavish, flaunts them far and near; The summer charily her reds doth lay Like jewels on her costliest array; October, scornful, burns them on a bier. The winter hoards his pearls of frost in sign Of kingdom: whiter pearls than winter knew, Oar empress wore, in Egypt's ancient line, October, feasting 'neath her dome of blue, Drinks at a single draught, slow filtered through Sunshiny air, as in a tingling wine!

Helen Hunt Jackson