Fall-ing into Winter

The last day of October is the new year in the ancient Celtic calendar, and the threshold to winter. I think about where I was when I started this writing 39 days ago, the threshold between summer and fall. There were still summery-feeling days and evenings. The days were longer, the light still generous. It was the day before the New England road trip with my son and a few weeks before my trip to Chicago to see my daughter. 

I'm thinking about how quickly things change. The flow of one season into another. The deepening darkness that descends as these days move toward the year's end. Thoughts swirl and coalesce like an early snowfall caught up in a breeze. 

Fall-ing In Love: 40 Days of Noticing is a daily writing practice that opens a landscape of discovery into my own human experience. 

Katherine Cartwright has been blogging since 2012, and each day brings new wonders. She asks big questions of the small things in life.