Fall

Fall is caught between being the best season and being the forbearer of bad news. For most in the North Fall is short lived before Winter really hits, for the South it is a welcome relief from 4-5 months of 95+ days and for the past summer even more brutal.

Fall for the South is three months of beautiful weather, but with one big draw back.You finally get to go outside again,but the days are getting shorter too quick. You go outside, but by the time you start enjoying the day it is dark. For the North it must just suck. Only a few weeks of absolute gorgeous days before you fight off 4-5 months of being locked inside avoiding the elements. Well winter does have some good moments, but now it is fall.

Fall is when baseball finally gets interesting and not being able to go outside without a football in your hand. And this goes for males of all ages.

Fall is the season of  holidays: state fairs,.Halloween, fall festivals, Thanksgiving, and of course preparing for Christmas and Hanukkah the Festival of Lights. It is a crime that retail starts putting Christmas before everything else and short changes the rest of fall. Christmas has its own season and preparation and it is a shame we have forgotten to keep that perspective.

Fall is a time for poets and I feel inadequate in trying to find words to describe this wonderful season. So where ever you are I hope that the next few weeks bring you outdoors to enjoy some moderate temperatures,  beautiful colors, friends, outdoor cooking, harvest moons, fall festivals, baseball playoffs, football (especially if you are playing it yourself),and of course all the holidays. So sit back, pour yourself a nice Crown Royal or other bourbon, sit outside late in the evening and turn up Van Morrison's "Moondance".