Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Welcome, Autumn 2021

Autumn Equinox 2021 in the Northern Hemisphere arrives at 3:20 PM today.

One day the summer storm is gathering,

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the next thing you know the Autumn Equinox has arrived

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and with it the passing of the dusty greens of late summer. At first they are replaced by autumn’s radiant display of hues.

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This season of ever shortening days and longer nights requires a sorting down, a retention of bare essentials. Thus all that finery is tossed to the wind, left to crinkle, brown, decay and nourish the barren earth. Their hosts tuck themselves down for a long, restorative rest in order to enable their triumphant emergence, once again, come that forever hopeful spring.

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Be like that.