The Old Ways

Summer is passing.
As I look out my window I see the leaves starting to turn. It is my favorite time of the year knocking the flip flop wearing, “Don’t you wish there more sunny days in Seattle?” people away. You live in the Pacific Northwest. You deal with rain and if you don’t appreciate it then please, disappear.

I do more writing during the autumn months. Autumn always becomes a personal awakening for me. It always has been and it always will. It also marks an exciting time where I work. Classes and programs begin. The three months of quiet during the summer vanish and when December arrives, we are knee deep in the middle of our busy season.

Maybe I enjoy autumn so much because it fills me with a comfort that I don’t feel during any time of the year. That though many happy memories happen throughout the seasons, autumn is my summer time. It is a time when I venture out of the house more and become more sociable. Maybe it is because since I turned 40 in July, there is a sense of greater comfort being in my own skin. That I love my life. That my friends are always close, no matter how far apart some of us might be from one another.

And as the smell of bonfires fill the senses and the flames dance higher into the crisp air. Remember. “There are times of sadness and where no comfort is known. But gaze upon the autumn sun. Where the touch is gentle and where the warmth will fill you with an intoxicating elixir".

It's Cloudy and Mystical

We have a had a couple of warm days, but now the sun and heat have disappeared and it is back down to what might as well be below normal temperatures. Nonetheless, it is refreashing. We all might be pale and drinking more coffee than usual, but we are not burning up.
So here is some mood music from the Pacific Northwest as I look towards Discovery Park and see the fog rolling in.

Northern Lights and Zombies

Tonight, those living in the Pacific Northwest might get a chance to view the Northern lights. NOAA forcasters expect a 10% chance of a major geometric strom and 45% chance of decent geometric activity. I'm excited! Unfortnatley this activity is suppose to occur between 12 a.m. and 4 p.m. Well when I will be sound asleep.
However, this is something that I don't get to see everyday. And I just might have to sit in my backyard and pray that the city lights don't affect the view. Then my mind started thinking of a story. The story line not at all original, but I started to write this goofy little piece of what if these bursts of magnetic flares turn some of the residents of Seattle into zombies, circus freaks or crows.

Stay tuned.