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Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Fall Is Here

Oh man... I do love Fall.

To say that it's my favorite season is an enormous understatement...

In a lot of ways, Fall makes me feel the way Spring makes most people feel... When I step out into crisp Fall air, I literally get giddy. I've been known to hop around. Immediately and without warning, Fall fills my head with crazed notions, endless possibility, ridiculous long shots and childish pursuits....

I want to go build a fort with my friends... I want to go record an album. Or three. I want to get in my truck with a fresh mug of very hot coffee, a comfortable pair of jeans, my favorite black boots, a worn out t-shirt and drive for a long time in any direction... I want to have a movie romance... I want to write a book.. I want to completely redesign my life... I want to sell everything... I want to toss a football in your front yard... I want to catch some late afternoon light on a park bench and talk softly about the future... I want to wander through a small town hardware store... I want to find the perfect diner... I want to lay on my back in a department store and breath up into the new winter coats... I want to slip notes into your pocket when you're not looking... I want to read a Brautigan poem aloud to a 7 Eleven clerk... I want to visit the old folks home and sing "dream a little dream of me" to them as many times as they'll let me... I want to sit on a rock by a river until I get thoroughly bored... I want to give up, give in, give out, give back...

Promise.
Faith.
Renewal.

These are very big words... but that's what Fall does to me. It makes me re-believe in large ideas. And in myself.. I know. I know. I'm getting sappy.

Sap. That's another Fall thing.

And then there's the word itself: Fall.

Fall. It's like a gentle command...

"Fall"

Has there ever been a better name for anything ever?

Posted By John Common at: 12:09 am

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