Blessings of the Season

Autumn
Emily Dickinson

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.



May the steps to begin
the journey into dark and foggy nights,
be the steps on your path within
that lead to your inner light.

YTo celebrate the Autumn Equinox each year, I try to schedule a run to Apple Hill where we enjoy a day at the local Apple Farms. But due to our lovely rainy weather (YES!!), we opted to stay home to do some fun things. Wee-Bit and I made several art crafts yesterday and today. Tomorrow will be the fun one, where I try to melt wax. For our Autumn treat, I made two homemade apple pies. Thankfully they turned out good - different but good. A little added extra ingredient (lemon juice) made it a bit tarty but still pretty damn delicious. Next time though, I'll leave the lemon juice out. I also got some really big fat Fiji's and some caramel sauce for our Sunday football snack. YUM! Brandon made a unique Minestrone soup for dinner. He didn't like but I certainly did. I think he might make some cabbage roles tomorrow but I'm not too certain on that. Guess I'll have to wait and be surprised. As you can tell, we're bringing the season in with some good-old-fashioned-hearty-homemade food!

None of this weekend's little fun would have been possible had I not got an early jump on our chores. Thursday, I spent the entire day doing what most typical people would consider a Spring cleaning. So what if I do mine in the Fall. At least it gets done. I started off with the dreadful bathroom and went form there. Let me tell you, this place was dazzling when I was finished. But I my back hurt like so bad I could hardly walk. That's what I get for waiting so damn long to clean! Friday, I finished off all the laundry and today we did some grocery shopping. Yeah...I'm tooting my own horn here but I wanted this weekend to be perfect for all of us. I put forth a great deal of effort, pride and love in what I was doing. I hope that it shown.

So, the non-profit turned me down. For what reason, I'm not entirely sure. The letter said that they wanted to go with someone with a different skill set. After all the drama they gave me with my references and that was the response. It seemed a bit fishy for me to be honest. No I'm waiting on the software company. I called Friday and spoke with one of the guys who interviewed me and he said that because of busy schedules, he and the other gentlemen hadn't had a chance to sit down and meet yet. He was hoping they could do it on Monday. I told him that I look forward to hearing form him soon and his response was, "Me too." I know I did good in the interviews.......I'm just hoping I'm what they're looking for. My gut feeling tells me that on October 1st, I'll be starting with them. Let's see if I'm right.

So with the change of season has come a change in my physical condition. My migraines have decreased dramatically. Today I actually had a headache but it's the first one in days. I also attribute this change to my praying daily with the intent to be rid of the debilitating migraines. Either divine intervention or the change in weather, I'm feeling better. But I have noticed through the weeks that my eyes and ears are both not working as well. My eye site sucks and I constantly have a ringing in my ears. With the migraines, this was a lot worse. As the migraines go away, the ability to hear and sea has slowly began to stabilize. No more fuzzy blurry lights passing in front of my eyes or the sound of swishing wind in my ears.

My sister and I had a little conversation about homosexuals. I wanted to know why the Christian community bashed so many different types of people when in the New Testament, it preaches that we should love all our neighbors. With matter of fact, she told me, "I agree with you that the Christian community is doing the wrong thing. I like to follow in mom's belief in that we should hate the sin, not the sinner." Too bad my mom doesn't really practice those words but God bless my sister for doing so.

Well, as I sit here and type, I'm drinking a really good cup of coffee, cuddled up in my favorite cozy sweater and pants, listening to Dave Matthews Band and smelling the smells of fall waft through my windows. It's a little too tempting so I think I'll go cuddle up on the couch with my hunny-bunny and relax.

Blessed Autumn Equinox/Mabon/turning of the wheel to each and every one of you from all my heart.