Saturday, October 23, 2010

Autumn The Season of Change




              I grew up in the mid west, Chicago to be more exact. I watched the leaves change, ever so slowly. First there would be a few yellow leaves, next a few more on the ground and before too long the leaves would be turning yellow, orange, crimson and red. Every season brings forth something unique, autumn, the light filters through the sky differently, it begins to get dark earlier, the earth begins to smell different, the air becomes cooler at night and the sky sometimes deeper blue, sunsets and colors appear richer, and birds are departing for the south to a warmer climate. 


To this day it doesn't matter where I am if I smell someone burning leaves it takes me back immediately to Chicago, where people gathered and raked their leaves into large piles and would burn them, the smell was special, rich from the woods and trees. One of my favorite activities at this season was going "Crunching" finding piles of leaves and run through them, crunching dried leaves with my feet. Autumn brought different foods, warm and flavorful soups, tart Jonathan and Macintosh apples, taffy apples, apple pies, chicken pies....sweet potatoes and turkey in another month at Thanksgiving. For some autumn is a sad season reminding us everything has an ending,  leaves fall, flowers die, animals hibernate, until the right moment in time that there is a rebirth, after winter when we are reborn into spring. Depending on where you live there are many places where you barely notice the difference between summer and fall, until the clocks are turned back or the first cold rain. However, the seasons do change, however subtle it may appear, autumn will come and go.
     
         So before the season ends, open your heart to autumn, the season of change: what are you prepared to release, let go of and say goodbye to and what you are prepared to bring forth into you life. Do not be afraid to walk down a new path, open a new chapter or create a new memory..... or if you have the wonderful opportunity go crunching!    To Every Season   With love  Keren



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