The sunlight is a gentle presence outside my open window. An autumn breeze is catching my face and hair, smelling of crinkled leaves and cool, beautiful skies. I raise my face into it. This will always be my favorite season. Even while the rain is slipping down a clouded sky and the air is growing colder, I feel so  warm inside.

I am reveling in laziness until the demands of life drag me back to less dreamy, less enlightening things. Ah, the plights of making a living. Of spen