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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI just ran an errand across the street from the clinic.
Had to wade through a sea of dried brown leaves.
I can't think of a better metaphor for a country in the autumn of its years. I think we're dying...
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I just ran an errand across the street from the clinic. (Original Post)
Aristus
Nov 2019
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Srkdqltr
(6,290 posts)1. Get a grip, it's fall, leaves happen.
Aristus
(66,369 posts)3. The leaves I can deal with.
The foundering of the American Experiment? Not so much...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. Things will get better!
We are turning those dried brown leaves into mulch. It will nourish future generations of life.
Aristus
(66,369 posts)4. That's an apt way of looking at it.
I try to hold on to that bit of hopeful scripture: "Sorrow endureth at night, but joy cometh in the morning..."
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)5. Is that why I love sunrise?
Aristus
(66,369 posts)6. Probably. The hope and promise of a new day...
Always my favorite time of day. For me, the magic of the morning always ends around 10:00am.