Season by Season

Autumn is in our thoughts, though summer remains in our hearts. August 7th marks the start of a journey through one of our four major seasons: the small season, the Beginning of Autumn. Despite the sun, despite the heat, autumn has arrived. If you look closely, the signs reveal themselves. Here are a few examples I have found that autumn has indeed arrived in my neck of the woods:

This desire to light a candle at 10:00 am on a sunny July morning gave me pause. Why did I want to light a candle? What had changed in me? What had changed around me?

At this time of year, the topic of conversation is the heat! Either it is talking about how the heat is unbearable, or how the heat has been unbearable.

Even in our electric age of light and neon, the glow and crackle of a fire maintain their magic. Fire has, since childhood, been something out of the ordinary; something a little sacred, something a little profound. Firelight reminds you of the darkness we humans used to live in and, indeed, how we were once more comfortable with the shadows. Fires of long ago.