Sense and the Season
FALL, LIKE SPRING, is on of the more ephemeral seasons and therefore the most precious. Its temperate weather, only a few weeks between summer and winter, seems to last, a shorter amount, of time each year. To slow things down, I try to use all my senses to appreciate the signs of change as they glide by.
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