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| Long Island Sound from Hammonasset Beach State Park in Connecticut |
"Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so mellow...
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow..."
(written by Graham Bickley from the musical The Fantasticks)
October begins tomorrow and soon another year will end. I haven't been blogging a lot during the past 9 months, but that's the gestating period for most humans. And being 66 and childless, what does it mean for me?
Well, I am giving birth to a book... and gifts of jewelry for friends... and cards for expectant mothers and 96-year-old cousins...
I am slowly moving forward, even though I realize my life expectancy window is getting smaller...
I am a Southern soul who lives in New England, preparing to endure another winter with snow and ice, which I love to look at but loathe living in it...
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| In Winter's Icy Grip - 2010 |
For years, I've tried to embrace it, but seeing endless white everywhere and feeling frozen for weeks at a time is something I don't do well - that's why so many Northerners migrate to Florida, isn't it?
I don't remember feeling so hostile towards winter when I lived in New York City, but I was younger then...
But grumbling about it isn't going to help at all, so I will soldier on...
As for today, it's still Autumn, so I will enjoy it while it lasts, and try to remember...
"Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower." Albert Camus
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| Leaves on Lawn - 2016 |
Happy Autumn...
