I just ran an errand across the street from the clinic.

[Aristus]

Had to wade through a sea of dried brown leaves.

I can't think of a better metaphor for a country in the autumn of its years. I think we're dying...

[Srkdqltr]

1. Get a grip, it's fall, leaves happen.

[Aristus]

3. The leaves I can deal with.

The foundering of the American Experiment? Not so much...

[In_The_Wind]

2. Things will get better!

We are turning those dried brown leaves into mulch. It will nourish future generations of life.

[Aristus]

4. That's an apt way of looking at it.

I try to hold on to that bit of hopeful scripture: "Sorrow endureth at night, but joy cometh in the morning..."

[In_The_Wind]

5. Is that why I love sunrise?

[Aristus]

6. Probably. The hope and promise of a new day...

Always my favorite time of day. For me, the magic of the morning always ends around 10:00am.