Author: Anne Doyle
Feeling different
Words
“It surprised him everytime to find what an effort it takes to hear what is always there.”
–Don DeLillo, Falling Man, 2007
Mullein stalks
Turned over and mirrored…same or different?
On My Walks
All is golden…grasses, leaves, light. It’s fall and it’s beautiful. To bask in the outdoors this time of year is such a delight.
Maybe I’ll have to start taking two walks a day so I don’t miss too much.
Reflections
Industry
On My Walks
I think there are more leaves on the ground now than on the trees. A few deciduous trees are still green and a few are completely bare. They remind me of class discussions of outliers back in my statistics days. There’s always a small number at each end of the continuum.
Sometimes I feel like an outlier too, but am I more like a green tree amongst others bright with rich colors or if I am more like the bare tree anxious to get on with dormancy so I can releaf again in the spring? Hmmmm….
This season’s last
On My Walks
This morning it was cool and crisp when I headed out the door for my walk. The thermometer registered about 38 degrees F. I bundled up as chilliness is still out of the ordinary for me after the hot summer, and for about half of my walk, I was very comfortable. But when I got to that uphill schlog, off came the lightweight gloves, the coat and the ear warmers. By the time I got to the end, I was wondering what I could have been thinking to have left home with so many wraps.
Each year I have to relearn that the key word at this time of year is layers. I had almost forgotten as all summer it was as little as possible!
I’m getting back in the groove.












