october 15

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon & Garfunkel or The Bangles]
Some people are extremely sensitive to the conditions of the season.  They may feel more energetic and even anxious during the spring and summer. They respond to the lower light, the earlier sunset, and the cooler weather of fall and winter by feeling depressed, sleepier, or having less energy.  This has become known as Seasonal Affective Disorder.  This isn't true for everyone-- some of my friends and relatives love autumn.  They get to wear their sweaters for the first time in months, they love watching football, and they celebrate making warm meals like soup.  I have mixed feelings-- I can't help but think that in nature, fall is when things die.  Either way, I can't deny there's a difference.  In California we still have some warm days (known as Indian summer), but the change is undeniable.  The sun is setting and it's dusk in the canyon as I write this, and it's not even 6:30.

Do you notice a change in the season?  Does it seem like it's time for Halloween and Thanksgiving?  How do you feel about fall?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Checking in on Zoom about a whole lotta zeroes
3. Symbolism video, answers, & wrapping up "Young Goodman Brown" 3. Symbolism in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"