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May I present Autumn?\u00a0 It comes to us in russets and golds, grays and rain, with some chill and occasional warmth.\u00a0 Autumn continues our seasonal review, following the spectacular summer with its heat and its emphasis on differing shades of green, a color wheel of blooms and food.<\/p>\n
Autumn, like our earlier season, Spring, is a time of change, the gradual transition from the heat and bombast of the growing season to the bleak outer landscapes of the fallow months.<\/p>\n
Autumn also marks the beginning of the academic year, a moment of new beginnings, a springtime of the inner world.\u00a0 This part of the season has its own holiday, Michaelmas, the holy day for the Archangel Michael, and the traditional opening of the English academic year.<\/p>\n
In my life change has blown in with the cold rain.\u00a0 Mark will leave us sometime in the next few days, before the end of October.\u00a0 The growing season has wound down with only potatoes, beans, leeks and chard left in the garden.\u00a0 A long vacation grows closer by the day, less than a month away.<\/p>\n
There is, too, a growing sense that a major life change may be imminent.\u00a0 Just what it will be is unclear, though it feels like retirement may be in the cards, joining Kate in her journey beyond the world of work.\u00a0 How would that manifest in my life, long ago cast off from the port marked Employment?<\/p>\n
Leaving behind the era of productive engagement with the world feels premature for me, but a new freedom may emerge.\u00a0 It may longer be necessary to lash myself to the mast while sailing between the Charybdis of success and the Scylla of ambition.<\/p>\n
Mystery.\u00a0 The once hidden ocean of mystery lies beyond the current horizon.\u00a0 And I’ve already set sail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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