19
Sep
the first day of fall
I was sitting outside in the backyard this evening, and the breeze was mellow and the shadows were long, and then the world rotated into place around my internal stonehenge with an almost audible click. Summer’s gone.
I know what the calendar says, but the calendar is based on arcana that my body doesn’t believe in. It believes in other things, and while I can see some of what it believes in, and agree with it, I can’t see it all. I see the shadows, and I feel the slightly lower temperatures, but why today and not yesterday? What was different about today that made my inner druid start dancing? I can’t perceive it.
So it takes me by surprise, every year, when it happens.
Same here. Best feeling in the world, especially when the Saints haven’t blown it yet.
September 20th, 2006 at 5:13 pm