Tis Autumn

Tis Autumn - days of slanting sun, earlier dusks and cooler temps.  Or, maybe cooler temps.  We've had the hottest days of the year since the equinox, but they won't last long and the evenings bring coolness.  The evening after the equinox, at dinner in my house with friends, as we talked and laughed, the golden September full moon rose over the Sonoma Mountains and we all stopped our conversation to just enjoy the sight.  The moon, after all these centuries, can still enthrall people, still remind us that we are just a small part of the larger whole which is composed of the earth, the moon and the sun.  These are the fundamentals of our life here and the gorgeous autumn moon, rising over the mountains between our two wine counties, reminds us of those things that are fundamentally true.  That life on this planet is good, is precious, and beautiful.

I've always thought of the moon as female and the sun as male.  The light the moon reflects down is most definitely female.  Soft and silvery and somehow sweet. 

Thinking of the silvery light that was to soon be shining down on my patio and garden as the moon rose in the sky, I said that I thought the fairies would be dancing on the patio that night.  Now, I don't really believe that the fairies would actually appear, but what a nice thought to have.  And to hold.  And so I will hold onto it.