Between driving up and back to Ballground for a closing on Friday evening, working in the yard on Saturday and driving back and forth between Griffin and Dunwoody on Sunday, come Monday morning I was tuckered. I did not get much sleep on the night before and was not very awake on Monday morning when I was driving Cindy to Southern Crescent Technical College.
Afterward, I had to drive over to Office Max to drop off a closing package for delivery to the lender. When I got there there was a young mother and her toddler son, who appeared to have had some type of surgery, as he had a tube coming out of his mouth. As the mother waited for the clerk to make copies and ring up the sale, the little boy walked around staring at the world of Office Max.
Finally, his eyes lit on my face and I smiled down at him. At the receipt of my smile, the little boy came forward and hugged me around the knees. It happended so quickly and not many of the people in the store seemed to notice. It did make my morning and allowed my world to rescusitate from the slumber in which it had been travelling up to that point.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Fall and Winter coming
After a long weekend in the mountains above Blue Ridge, waking up to the sun rising orange over the mountains and the fog rising up from the valleys below us, we had just begun to see the leaves turning color on the trees. We drove home on Sunday. The turning of the leaves had been a small part of the enjoyment of our trip.
Then Monday rolled around and the other side of Autumn came to visit: dark, grey clouds and drizzle from morning to sunset. With the exception of Wednesday, we have been covered with grey flannel skies all week and it appears that it will continue at least until sometime tomorrow.
Don't get me wrong. Fall drizzle and clouds have been with me since I was old enough to be aware of the weather. It is part of the season. But on the other hand, I do remember those Autumn afternoons in Virginia when I was in college and the air was cool and dry and the sun reflected off the orange and crimson leaves on the trees around the campus. It was what made the season sublime.
It will only be awhile before we get to that point in late November and early December when the air turns dry again and the leaves have left the trees and you can travel through the world of early Winter and see the dying light of day creating silhouettes with the bare trees and the pines against the western sky. Feeling the warmth from the heater in the car and catching sight of the art of Early December.
It brings me comfort in a comfortless time of year.
Then Monday rolled around and the other side of Autumn came to visit: dark, grey clouds and drizzle from morning to sunset. With the exception of Wednesday, we have been covered with grey flannel skies all week and it appears that it will continue at least until sometime tomorrow.
Don't get me wrong. Fall drizzle and clouds have been with me since I was old enough to be aware of the weather. It is part of the season. But on the other hand, I do remember those Autumn afternoons in Virginia when I was in college and the air was cool and dry and the sun reflected off the orange and crimson leaves on the trees around the campus. It was what made the season sublime.
It will only be awhile before we get to that point in late November and early December when the air turns dry again and the leaves have left the trees and you can travel through the world of early Winter and see the dying light of day creating silhouettes with the bare trees and the pines against the western sky. Feeling the warmth from the heater in the car and catching sight of the art of Early December.
It brings me comfort in a comfortless time of year.
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