Autumn musings

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The rain has begun. Didn't take long for me to be 'slogging and blogging' again, did it? I have thought about changing my header, but I can't bring myself to take 'an old Chihuahua' off of it, so I have left it.

But, I digress. The rain. It's baaaack... The leaves are turning and some are falling. The nights are chilly. Methinks the autumnal equinox doth approach. Either that, or fall is here. It gets me thinking about other autumn seasons.

I love the fall. The colors, the smells, my birthday, the turning to homier pursuits, hunting, my birthday, the approaching holidays. In my childhood, it was a time when I could stop work in the fields and use my money to buy school clothing and shoes. New shoes! We got them once a year, when we started school. By summer, we cut the ends out of the toes or we went barefoot.

This is the first year I have not helped a least one of my kids with back to school needs, either supplies, clothes, furniture or linens. After twenty-some years, that's odd. It feels like I am being remiss in my duties as a mother. I miss it. Just another unexpected 'gotcha' for the newly emptied nest mom.

Think George would stand still for me dragging him around shopping for him, making him try things on, fitting him for shoes, getting him a backpack and filling it full of essentials? It makes me laugh to think about it. His idea of essentials for the backpack would be plenty of snacks, beer, game regulations, snickers candy, and some more snacks.