"o leafy yellowness you create for me

a world that was and now is poised above time

i do not need to puzzle out ETERNITY

as i walk this arboreal street on the edge of a town."

-from "October" by patrick kavanagh

it is autumn & i feel the momentum towards winter pushing me forward

it is autumn & a cold wind tightens my chest

it is autumn & i sweat among dying leaves wondering how i am both overheating and underdressed

it is autumn & i have not mourned summer yet

it is autumn & many gifts have been brought, wrapped in tan parcel paper and tired with thick coarse string, the knot wrapped around an acorn, a pine cone, a shed magpie wing, a determined wayward note from a squirrel prophet seeking divine encounters

(i could talk your ear off about such things)

it is autumn & i am learning to be right here, right now

it is autumn & that is enough

enjoy some psychedelic folktune & country ballad stylings on this crisp autumn day in october.

be well.

Playlist:

• Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
• Jason Andrew Griffith - Stay Another Day
• Midnight Channel - Mallard
• Bulbous Creation - Satan
• The Sour Patch Men - Mutant Man
• Bo Diddley - Road Runner
• David Occhipinti, featuring Aline Homzy, Michael Davidson - Promised Kiss
• Valerie Hudson - Perfect Place Perfect Day
• Hagood Hardy - Fair Wind
• Said the Whale - Lady Hourglass, Your Head's On Fire!
• Panic! At The Disco - Folkin' Around
• Kurt Vile - I'm An Outlaw
• Knacker's Yard - Drowsy Maggie
• Ed Sheeran, featuring Beoga - Nancy Mulligan
• Pecker Dunne - Wexford
• Tom Brandon - Muskoka
• The Lijadu Sisters - Lord Have Mercy
• Laura Cannell - Dreamlore
• Anne Auffret, featuring Pol Huellou - Breton Air / Breton Tune
• Strapping Fieldhands - Joy Ride
• Berk Jodoin - Just Fine
• Wylie & The Wild West - Leather Lover
• Charlie Murphy - Gay Spirit
• Billie Zizi - Junk Yard