A New Season

Today is September 21, 2010. It is the first day of Fall. We are entering a new season. It is not entirely new because we have all experienced Autumns before. ( I considered writing 'We have all had Falls before.' The irony of that statement is powerful for me. Maybe my second blog post will have to ponder that statement. Anyway...) I am sure that this one (Fall) will have as many new and unexpected experiences as it will old and familiar ones.

Every season has favorite elements and Fall happens to be one of my very favorite because of the things I can count on it to bring. I love the smell of leaves burning, the golden colors and the crunch of leaves underfoot. I love lighting warm-scented candles and cooler nights and sweaters and the sound of football on the TV (don't like to watch, just the sounds). I love baking in the kitchen again...cookies, pies and savory roasts. I love Thanksgiving with the family gathering, aromas from the kitchen and tantalizing foods. I love Advent with the lights and candles and carols and anticipation. It is so good to welcome a new season when the current one has become stale and unwelcome. Hello, Autumn. Great to see you.

I am experiencing some significant changes in my life and I feel another kind of "season" beginning. I think that along with other new adventures and surprises in this period, I would like to add 'blogging' to my list of I Have Dones. I am enjoying reading the blogs of my daughters and a couple of friends. I don't know that anyone will enjoy mine, but I feel pretty darn sure, I will enjoy writing it. It requires words. I love words. I love using words. Maybe if I use enough in my blog, I will reach my word quota for each day sooner and those who encounter me face to face each day will get a reprieve from my big mouth. If that is all it is good for, that is something.

There have been so many seasons repeated in my life after fifty-six fabulous years of age. I welcomed all of them with the same positive anticipation that I do this fall. Once they were fully arrived they proved very challenging, but - life IS challenging - always - but it is still good, no matter what.

I think I will start my blog with reflections on seasons. Tomorrow. This was just the Introduction, right?