Coming Up on October

"October is the month for painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight." -

Thoreau, "Autumnal Tints"

Another year is closing, we are forewarned by the crisp breeze, the leaves, the squash, the apples, the pumpkins...Parker Palmer writes that times of deep rest are necessary for us, but there is so much to accomplish before that deep rest can set in, so much I'm trying to build that must be finished, metaphorically and physically, before winter sets in.