Dear Reader:

“All good things come to those who wait” and goodness knows we all have waited long enough for this most popular season of all to arrive-Fall!

If you are an early bird you might be able to say you witnessed “Fall fall” because one prediction puts it arriving at 7:30 this morning. Unfortunately none of us will really be able to “see” the equinox but hopefully we can “feel” it.

Yesterday I ran over to Belk when it was still overcast and drizzling. Suddenly the coolest breeze began to blow in the parking lot and I thought “It’s coming, it’s coming…I can feel it…Fall is about to descend on us.”

 I realize we still have some hot, humid days ahead but just glimpses of fall can keep us going…filled with anticipation! The clock is ticking and we are all waiting. (Actually I have gotten so good at this “game” (waiting) that I am becoming quite adept at it.

I have just finished my latest novel and felt kind of sad without my character friends around any more. I went on Pinterest to look at fall decorating ideas and suddenly this list of  emotions people feel but can’t explain popped up in the form of new words created for each unique feeling.

I was captivated…you know how I feel about words…a wordsmith at heart….learning a new word can make the day for me….and to attach a new word to a remote feeling that is actually universal was prodigious beyond my wildest dreams! For example:

VELLICHOR: (N) The strange wistfulness of used book stores. 

Wow! This is so true. Every time I go in a quaint little book store, off the beaten path, I revel in the sights and smells of old books in wait for someone to love them and take them home to read. A feeling of wistfulness and almost homesickness sweeps over me….a sort of deja vu feeling like I have been there before.

RUBATOSIS (N) The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.

Last week I noticed this exact scenario a couple of nights….the sudden acceleration of my heartbeats. It is not a comfortable feeling. It sounds deafening when you do become aware of your own heart beating. (Though I will take the noise over silence…if you know what I mean)

Jouska (n) A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.

Wow…this word nailed last week. Every day I would play out the conversation I would have with my surgeon during my appointment last Monday and yet when the time came it didn’t play out the way I had envisioned at all…it was a warm, engaging conversation with plenty of laughter. No tissues and forlorn faces.

CHRYSALISM (N) Amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm

I have loved being able to stay at home the past two days…no medical appointments and enjoy the rain and showers. It is the most wonderful feeling in the world to be safe and sound in one’s bed with the covers pulled up and hear the distant rumble of thunder and catch glimpses of the far-off lightning. I just curl up tighter and thank God for the blessings I have…refuge from the storm! (My bedroom is right off the deck so I can hear the rain pattering on wooden planks….so lovely!)

Every now and then I think I will add another of these words in the blog….to me the word isn’t as important as the realization that we are not alone in these feelings.

I loved this picture because it symbolizes one of our greatest fears…falling instead of flying…failing instead of succeeding. It takes several falls to realize that this is the only way to discover the right direction in our lives that will send us flying high along our chosen path. A different kind of “Fall.”

So until tomorrow…Let us make time to enjoy our most popular season….Fall…taking in all five senses of each seasonal gift of life.

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

*Linda’s (Karges-Bone) “Bread of life”… and is it ever! I went to check the mail Tuesday afternoon and I could smell it before I opened the mailbox….walked right back home…spread the warm bread with butter and jam….best supper I have had in awhile. Thank you Linda!

*Ging-g gave me a birthday surprise… we went for ice cream, listened to the music of  Broadway musical “Beautiful, ” we sang, went to Tractor Supply and Gin-g helped me with my old computer. A diverse list of activities but all fun with Ging-g! (Flowers and a Boo pillow!)

So until tomorrow….I am “Booing” Off!

HELLO FALL AND WELCOME! WE HAVE WAITED A LONG, LONG TIME FOR YOU…PLEASE STAY AS LONG AS YOU WISH AND MORE!!!

Our “Darling from Dubai” Ambika, wrote that they have saying- it goes like this: “Live life bigger, not just longer.” So my friend live your life King Size. (I certainly will Ambika… as big as I can!)