The Crazy Change of Seasons
Why do seasons have to change in the middle of the month? It's disconcerting to have September roll around and there are three more weeks of summer that everyone just ignores. Woe to the child who starts back to school in the middle of August. Wearing fall clothing, sharpening pencils, sitting in rooms decorated in fall leaves and pumpkins and it's smack in the middle of summer. That child should be at the beach! Then Thanksgiving rolls around that signals an end to Autumn. Of course it does. We have had three full months of apples, pumpkin spice lattes and brilliant fall color. Christmas is frighteningly close and Christmas is Winter. So chuck out the turkey and pilgrims and embrace WINTER! Snow scenes and Santas. Sleighs swooshing through a forest of bare trees. Hot chocolate, hot rum and chilled eggnog emerge. Skiing and sledding abound until cupids, hothouse roses and sweetheart c...