Today, I started off the walking year with a visit to a man who I believe may be eventually remembered as one of the great American sculptors of this era. He is just finishing up a bust of David rendered in Italian marble that he's been working on for just about the same time as I've been walking regularly. The bust is stunningly beautiful, and it has been imbued with a number of symbolic features that challenge the viewer to think about the role of mankind in the universe, spirituality, religiosity, and the connection between God and man. The sculptor is a man with a vision, and I'm grateful to have seen his work before striking off on this year's journey. It has given me some things to contemplate.
Fall appears to have settled in and settled in quickly. It comes on the heels of Hurricane Joaquin which tracked out to sea and did not follow the path up the Chesapeake Bay that Hurricane Isabel did in 2003. The temperature has cooled, we've seen a bit of rain, and the squirrels (among others) are gathering provisions for the coming winter.
I'm sure we'll have some warm days in the coming weeks, but the feel in the air to me is that summer has broken and we're headed into a period of consolidation before winter is upon us. I'm mostly prepared as far as clothing goes for the walking that will follow the season, but I do need to get some new gloves relatively soon. I'm missing one medium weight glove, and my lightweight ones are beginning to show a bit of wear.
The sky has taken on the characteristic overcast grey of the season, and the daylight seems to be retreating at a noticeably rapid rate.
Fall appears to have settled in and settled in quickly. It comes on the heels of Hurricane Joaquin which tracked out to sea and did not follow the path up the Chesapeake Bay that Hurricane Isabel did in 2003. The temperature has cooled, we've seen a bit of rain, and the squirrels (among others) are gathering provisions for the coming winter.
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| Leaves on the Baltimore Annapolis Trail |
I'm sure we'll have some warm days in the coming weeks, but the feel in the air to me is that summer has broken and we're headed into a period of consolidation before winter is upon us. I'm mostly prepared as far as clothing goes for the walking that will follow the season, but I do need to get some new gloves relatively soon. I'm missing one medium weight glove, and my lightweight ones are beginning to show a bit of wear.
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| Blue Heron Aloft over the Severn River |
The sky has taken on the characteristic overcast grey of the season, and the daylight seems to be retreating at a noticeably rapid rate.
While I am not entirely grieved to see some relief from the heat which was a factor in planning to walk up until about two or three weeks ago, I'm not entirely sure I'm ready for the cold of the winter. Having weathered it once last year, I know that there is goodness in the frozen ground, but it's something that I hope arrives and moves on relatively quickly.
I suppose that my mood at the moment mirrors a bit of the greyness of the day. Change is constant, but that does not mean that it's easy. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
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