Ode to Fall

What do I love about Fall?

It is the leaves falling to prepare the tree for their long winter nap to dream the arrive of Spring and a new beginning.  It is the smell of leaves burning.  Even if these days that is not environmentally correct it still smells great. 

It is picking apples, eating apples, cooking with apples, smelling apples.

It is roadside farm stands displaying their havest abundance.

It is going pumpkin picking with a friend and looking for the perfect pumpkin.

It is Fall door decorations and window boxes. 

It is the foliage along a stream.

It is bundling up and getting out sweaters, jackets, hats and mittens.

It is making homemade soup and bread.

It is a Fall Northeaster storm.

It is collecting beautiful leaves.

And it is a beautiful, memorable trip to my hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts and friends like Margie, Maureen, Ellen, Barbara, Bill and Anna who took me to some of my favorite places in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  Thank you.

Two Roads Divergered In A Wood

I am back from a fabulous trip to Massachusetts where I visited with friends and family, attended a High School reunion and went on a foliage trip through New Hampshire.  It was a magical trip to the past and I throughly enjoyed every moment.

I had the realization that when I made the decision to move west to the Pacific Northwest I was living actually living my favorite poem.

 "Two roads diverged in a wood and I ....I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference"  Robert Frost of New Hampshire

I am happy with the twists and turns my life's adventures have taken me through and feel richer for them all. 

As life has taught me to let go of the stones in my backpack, the road has become easier to travel and the scenic vistas have become more clear.

Now that the way is clear it is time for new doors to open to new vistas and new adventures that will enrich my life futher and allow me to continue on my journey of evolution.

I look forward to being the observer,                                                         

Taking on the challenge of the next mountain,

Stopping to appreciate the color of the universe,

Weathering all storms,

Having the wisdom to chart the right course,

And the knowingness to forsake chaos to create order.