It would figure that this morning it would be rainy and windy because I've been thinking lately how much I'm really enjoying the
weather this fall. I don't know if its because it was an unusually difficult summer for me, dealing with the heat and the wigs and all that - or simply that this fall is especially nice. More than likely I just have a new appreciation for everything in my life at this point. It certainly is true that colors are more brilliant, smells are more aromatic, and my appreciation for everything around me is more intense than it ever has been before.
Whatever the reason, clearly I'm enjoying every day of this fall. I'm loving the cool nights, the warm (but never hot) days, and the wonderful feeling of community that surrounds us as we reclaim our East Hampton. I like buying wrapping paper from the school kids doing their PTA fundraisers and I like seeing the schools buzzing with activity. I enjoy the activities of our churches as they percolate back to life and I'm happy that the ambulance calls have dropped off with the disappearance of our transient population. It's all good in the autumn in East Hampton and I see this place that I love with fresh eyes every year. If we lived all year like we do in the summer, with the traffic and crowds and frantic pace, I wouldn't still be living here. Because its the East Hampton of the other nine months of the year that I live for. (It's just as beautiful here in August as it is in September, but with so many people here's its just too difficult to appreciate it I guess!) But September begins the wonderful part of our year here, where October leads to November and November, December. And of course, following the holidays are the quiet, beautiful days of winter. And the year passes again.
All that said, suddenly the temperature has dropped to the point where yesterday I turned on the gas fireplace for some heat and today looks as though its going to be a soggy mess. Oh well, it couldn't last forever now, could it? And I'm still enjoying life just the way it is, rain and all...
weather this fall. I don't know if its because it was an unusually difficult summer for me, dealing with the heat and the wigs and all that - or simply that this fall is especially nice. More than likely I just have a new appreciation for everything in my life at this point. It certainly is true that colors are more brilliant, smells are more aromatic, and my appreciation for everything around me is more intense than it ever has been before.Whatever the reason, clearly I'm enjoying every day of this fall. I'm loving the cool nights, the warm (but never hot) days, and the wonderful feeling of community that surrounds us as we reclaim our East Hampton. I like buying wrapping paper from the school kids doing their PTA fundraisers and I like seeing the schools buzzing with activity. I enjoy the activities of our churches as they percolate back to life and I'm happy that the ambulance calls have dropped off with the disappearance of our transient population. It's all good in the autumn in East Hampton and I see this place that I love with fresh eyes every year. If we lived all year like we do in the summer, with the traffic and crowds and frantic pace, I wouldn't still be living here. Because its the East Hampton of the other nine months of the year that I live for. (It's just as beautiful here in August as it is in September, but with so many people here's its just too difficult to appreciate it I guess!) But September begins the wonderful part of our year here, where October leads to November and November, December. And of course, following the holidays are the quiet, beautiful days of winter. And the year passes again.
All that said, suddenly the temperature has dropped to the point where yesterday I turned on the gas fireplace for some heat and today looks as though its going to be a soggy mess. Oh well, it couldn't last forever now, could it? And I'm still enjoying life just the way it is, rain and all...
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