Balance

The sky is overcast. Writing in my living room, and glancing up from time to time to take in the scene below, the streets and sidewalks are wet from the intermittent rain. The air is cool. The summer is spent and fall is eager to take its place. It’s the first day of school. It’s like the end of a cycle, and we have arrived once again at a beginning. Life will become “crowded” again as we take up activities that were left behind at the end of the school year. More cars will be on the roads,...