![]() The Japanese have traditional rice harvest festivals this season with parades and a dragon dance. Germany has Oktoberfest, the party barge that launched a thousand seasonal brews. Nigerians have a tradition every fall celebrating their ancient crop: yams. The Jewish Sukkot recreates the huts that were once temporarily erected in ancient Egypt and throughout the exodus to be near crop harvesting. Many of the season’s holidays are harvest food-related. The apples, plums, pears and others are ripe, straight off the tree or baked in a pie. For many, it’s the return of warm beverages in general, like tea and apple cider. Pumpkin season is upon us: Why we seem to embrace fall earlier every yearīut cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves aren’t the only tastes of fall. It’s reached a point where the taste is synonymous with the season. Is that pumpkin spice? In my coffee beverage, yogurt and Jell-O? On my donut, pretzels, Pop Tarts and English muffins? (All real.) It’s a testament to how much we love fall that food and beverage manufacturers have exploited a blend of spices that induces it. “Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. “I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep,” wrote the poet and novelist May Sarton in “Journal of a Solitude.”Īnd it’s from Sarton that we get the stoic wisdom of the trees and their lesson in change. “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is in flower,” wrote Albert Camus. Many political careers die in November, but many are born as well.īut it’s mainly those beautiful, technicolor deciduous trees we love to look at, your maples, oaks and elms. In election years, we can watch the final political debates and election night returns in the fall. Elmo’s Fire” or “Donnie Darko.” Halloween, of course, has no shortage of scary films that bring us closer to that which we mortally fear and by doing so, help us feel more alive. I like to watch perennial fall films like “Rushmore,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “St. It is by that light (even if there is less of it with each passing day) that we witness the harvest moon, pumpkins, football and baseball games, wildflowers blooming along roadsides, squirrels secreting away nuts, and the first frost. “Soft, forgiving, it makes all the world an illuminated dream.” “Autumn light is the loveliest light there is,” wrote author Margaret Renkl. Rake leaves and then feel their cushioned embrace with a classic jump in the pile. ![]() So, get in touch with all the feels of the season. Scott Fitzgerald was feeling when he wrote, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” It’s the most academically stimulating of the seasons (and not just because classes resume) – I love diving into a good book on a chilly fall day. Maybe it’s the energy field surrounding a new school year – even this complicated year – but there’s an electricity in the air. “You expected to be sad in the fall,” wrote Ernest Hemingway in “A Moveable Feast,” because “part of you died each year.”īut there’s also a rebirth in the fall after the hot, laconic days of summer. Summer is the season that reminds us to come alive Summer time in Hurd Park, Dover, New Jersey with green cherry trees. But there’s also something melancholy about the season. There are many fun and enjoyable activities it’s a season designed for communing with friends, family and nature. The emotions we feel in autumn seem more complex as well. ![]() We are once again able to control our body temperature, with sartorial flair. Some animals, like the fox, likewise grow a cozy, thicker fur in anticipation of winter. This season simply feels nicer than the others. The oppression of summer heat is overthrown by the autumnal rebels, layered on in the form of jumpers, vests, scarves and hats. Feeling chill on your skin and in your lungs is both a respite and a stimulant. Those first days every year when it’s chilly enough to need a sweater or hoodie are a revelation. It’s neither too hot (summer) nor too cold (winter) and cozier than spring. “The temperature of fall is perfect,” explained my older daughter. Our emotions are heightened, brains kicked into gear, and our sense of time and place is nestled in big, leafy piles of autumnal joy. Our senses lead us to embrace the outdoors. This season’s holidays remind us to be thankful for our bounty and to have fun. Change, the double-edged sword that's worth mastering ![]()
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