Change and Other Ramblings by Gerri Brousseau

This past week the temperatures outside have dropped significantly. There is a crispness in the air, and this morning when I was walking my little pug, Mimi, I noticed I could see my breath. The leaves are starting to change and a hint of fall is in the air. This makes me want to make chili, go apple picking and bake pies. I love wearing big bulky sweaters and boots and I’m really looking forward to the autumn. I know there are those of you who love, love, love those crazy, lazy, hazy days of summer, but I love the cooler weather. What does all this have to do with writing? Nothing. HA! But for me, cooler weather and shorter daylight hours mean I’m in the house more. It usually warrants more time to write. But what I was really thinking about today was change. In life, as in nature, we go through seasons. What was important to me as a teen or young adult, certainly has changed in the late summer and early autumn of my years. “Change is good,” they say, and I agree. You’re never too old to learn something new or to change an old habit and create a new one. I think in the autumn of my life, which I point out is the most colorful time, I have embraced writing, whereas when I was younger, other things took precedent. Now I make time to do the things I enjoy doing, whereas when I was younger my time was full of other responsibilities. I have noticed a question you may have also seen from time-to-time on Facebook asking what you would tell your younger self if you could. I think I would have told my younger self to give serious consideration to writing as a career choice rather than putting it on the back burner.

As we approach the change of seasons and think about what we would have told our younger self if we could have, what would that be for you? And what is it about autumn that you enjoy most?

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