Thoughts As September Ends

 I read a recent headline that time goes by faster as we age. Old news. Time perception changes like a lot of other things as we get older. 

In my mind, the visual I have of age years hasn’t changed much since it began to develop in my pre-school years. By  about 8 years, my internal visual timeline of aging was done. When I look at it in my imagination, there is a topographical flow, ups, downs, slopes that I have to move along to see, (in light of my having lived through those years). 

Nearing 80 years is the most terrifying to me. I have no references to access because my timeline hadn’t entertained my being that old. 

I don’t feel old. If I didn’t have a mirror, I’d have little understanding how old I am. I go past a mirror with the reaction…Oh! That is you!

This September has been a steep incline for grasping summer is over. The pumpkins help me transition to autumn. The Vermont foliage report map showing peak colors are in the north already is a shock. The next two weeks will be go out and about sooner than later because leaves will not wait to drop for anyone. I see a sidewalk tour this week to document colors’ progress.  

Mount Abraham
Lincoln Vermont

As October nears, I have been watching news reports recording political news, congressional hearings, interviews and speeches. Before that, I greatly limited reading or watching the news because doing so has a profound negative impact on my mental health. I can't do that anymore. 

This is not a time to limit the amount of news we read and watch. It is a time to know the facts. The excuse that supporters use that they don't like the man, but they support his policies is no good anymore.