Changes

Happening all around us, always...

My gang, many autumns ago…

Lots of changes in the air this week!! Autumn begins AND…

Peter will be seven on Saturday! Though he’s the younger brother, Peter plays second fiddle to no one; he is proudly (even at times defiantly) himself. He loves playing “stuff” with Aiden (usually intricate stories involving their Lego creations), and making art.

WE love the way his mind works…two examples:

On the beach in August, Peter was asked by his Mama, '“Where are your shoes?” His response: “Wherever you find them, there they are!” Can’t argue with that.

Then Peter showed me two drawings of fish he made, and said,

“Nana, look! This one is non-fiction:

and this one is fiction.”

Spoken like a writer’s grandchild, right??

MUSIC: A reflection on life by the Danish band Lukas Graham…

COMEDY: While I’m pleased with my book sales, of course I dream of the NYT bestseller list. Surprise! Shakespeare apparently still cares about HIS sales too…my comedy piece for Jane Austen’s Wastebasket:

I’M WM. SHAKESPEARE AND I’D LOVE YOU TO BUY MY WORK SO THAT DANIELLE STEEL DOESN’T OUTSELL ME

POEM: by the incredible Mary Oliver…welcome to Fall…

SONG FOR AUTUMN

Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now

how comfortable it will be to touch

the earth instead of the

nothingness of the air and the endless

freshets of wind? And don’t you think

the trees, especially those with

mossy hollows, are beginning to look for

the birds that will come—six, a dozen—to sleep

inside their bodies? And don’t you hear

the goldenrod whispering goodbye,

the everlasting being crowned with the first

tuffets of snow? The pond

stiffens and the white field over which

the fox runs so quickly brings out

its long blue shadows. The wind wags

its many tails. And in the evening

the piled firewood shifts a little,

longing to be on its way.

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Feeling a little squeezed these days? Me too! Let’s chat about living in the tight places over at Working Title tomorrow!

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Even if things are tough, today IS a wonderful day just because it is brand new and still, full of possibility. Look around you this week, my friends, and take time to marvel!