The seasons are definitely on the move here. I increasingly wake to decent frosts and the leaves continue to fall. The continuous grey and rain of two weeks ago (and more!) has finally departed and we are left with primarily cold clear days. It has been years since I lived in a location with this much change to the seasons in Autumn. I find it both soothing and exhilarating. The progression is in some ways predictable and reminds my of my childhood, but yet I am excited every day to wake up and get out and notice the changes from the day before. To feel if the air has changed or the texture of the ground.

Now it just needs to snow! I'm probably going to be like a kid when that happens, it has been too long since I could enjoy snow without working about the logistics of commuting and transit. And I have a new winter coat!!

One obvious change that I will be coping with (despite daylight savings) for the next few months is the later and later rising of the sun. I now regularly watch the sun rise on campus . . . and though it is difficult to get up and ready in the dark, I really find sunrises inspiring and more hopeful than Obama. I might try that goal of seeing every dawn for a year this year - it only lasted a few weeks last time, but maybe I will set my goals to be more manageable this time.


It has been a rough week, but waking up to a frost and a slow, even sunrise makes it so much better.