Category Archives: Autumn

The season of romance and apples, colorful leaves and harvests, the joy of life and certainty of death, the contrasts and sensory delights of fall touch at the heart of what it means to be human.

Fall Display

Posted on October 6, 2011 by literarylee

I think I’ll blame my mother. O.K., maybe not blame.  How about attribute or credit?  Or thank.  Every October, I like making a little arrangement of autumn items I call my fall display.  I do it partly because I love … Continue reading →

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Keynote Address Delivered at the Autumnal Equinox Ball (at which a Venerable but Feeble Summer and a Ruddy, Glowing Autumn were in Attendance)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by literarylee

Distinguished Seasons, Special Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,  it is my great privilege to be making a few remarks this evening at the Annual Equinox Ball.  I am especially honored to be seated here at the same table  with our Season … Continue reading →

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First Day of Autumn: Another Full Journal in the Compost

Posted on September 21, 2011 by literarylee

Like a colorful, drying leaf that’s served its great purpose, absorbing sunlight and creating nourishing energy, that now falls gently down to earth, so I shelve another journal fully absorbed with my musings, blatherings, rough drafts, ideas; a smattering collection of words, some dumb, some brilliant, … Continue reading →

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