One Movement of the Second Hand

Written on September 22, but posted today.

The movement of the second hand from one clock-marking to the next was almost imperceptible and yet, with that movement, Summer 2008 was pushed off the cliff of time to slowly fade from memory except for the mental highlights that will flash from time to time but never give the full picture of the event. Summer 2008 now joins the pile of summers past that I constantly try to mine in order to recapture bits and pieces of my youth.

In line, just beyond the upcoming Fall, Winter and Spring, there are the Summers to come but I can't seem to make out how many Summers are in that line. Is it even a Summer waiting out there and if so,, is it alone? Those are questions for which I do not have the answers and so, I will turn my attention to today, the beginning of Fall-Autumn. Take your pick of the name, but for me it depends on what mood is to be created. Fall is a simple common sounding word while autumn is more formal and even "foreign" sounding. Still, each elicits pictures of leaves falling from the trees, apples being picked before they fall to the ground, and falling temperatures. It will be an Autumn - Fall to remember.