FALL IS A FASCINATING TIME OF YEAR. It can be gorgeous, yet it is the prelude to an often frigid winter. Wild creatures are dashing about, amassing provisions for the long, cold haul. The great trees, having expended all their remaining energy on their personal carnival of color, commence to shed their leaves. “The one red leaf, the last of its clan, that dances as often as dance it can,” wrote Coleridge. Autumn not only has its colors but also its unique aromas, the smell of fireplaces cranking up in anticipation of the winter season, the ever-present Halloween decorations yet to be taken down, the anticipation of the upcoming holiday festivities, either with glee or with dread. Count me among the latter. Rescuing our packed away cold weather duds, we sort through them with a mixture of fondness and fright. Damn, I never noticed that hole in the sleeve before! I get out my cold weather caps, my sweaters, my jackets. The real winter stuff, the heavy jacket, the long johns, the snow boots, that I needed in Utah, can remain put away now that I’m back in my native Florida. Although I’ve been in my house now for four and a half years, I’ve never even opened the fireplace, let along lit a fire in it. Living in an older neighborhood, we had one kid come to the house Halloween night. Now I’m stuck with all this candy. Bad luck…
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