Hello there!
Can you feel it yet? The change of season happened in my neighbourhood last Wednesday. I awoke to a difference in the air: a particular freshness, a unique clarity that characterizes autumn air, lighter than the least-humid day summer can provide.
Usually for me, this change during September marks a kind of new year, a leftover from my school days, of course. I remember the fragrance of new paper, binders and pencil crayons! Ahhh… 🙂
This year, I am delaying my “back to routine” until mid-month, after returning from a getaway to Fort McMurray and Canmore, Alberta. (Two places I insist every Canadian should visit – and I do tend to carry on emphatically about both places, just warning you!)
Once I do get back, I’ll be finishing three writing projects, which will take me through to the end of the year. And I can honestly say I have no idea what creative project(s) I’ll take on next. So many of my passionate pursuits have been completed in the last year or so!
Ever been in this situation? It’s not a first for me either. I know enough to know that something will grab my attention and I’ll be off again. Meantime, some reflection and some creative questioning are in order.
This month’s poem helped me express this “state of in between” where I currently find myself. It was inspired by a different kind of scene than I usually write from. I was in Niagara on the July 1 weekend when I spotted this and said to my sister, “Oh, that’s a poem!” Hope you enjoy “Sidewalk Ends.”
Lee Ann