Current mood: pensive
Current weather: Cool 15?C, clear
Current listening: Inkubus Sukkubus

Autumn seems to have hit rather abruptly here. We went from summerlike heat (late heatwave) to an early chill in the space of about a week. A couple days ago in particular was an unexpected chill. In fact, we have a freeze warning in effect tonight and early tomorrow--unusually early for the local climate; in fact it's near record cold for this time of year. We're expecting some warming in a few days, but the cold will no doubt return.

I don't get spring fever, like most people. I get autumn fever. My whole mood starts to pick up when the cool weather sets in. It just feels more natural to me, and so I just feel freer to be natural. It makes me wonder how many significant past lives I've spent in colder climates.

Maybe it's just some other part of my mind reminding me that the coming winter is a time of withdrawal. The carefree time of summer is over, and it is time to withdraw, and reflect on life. I've always been a very pensive, philosophically inclined person, and though I do not necessarily become more introverted during the winter (in fact, I become more gregarious), I do become more meditative on the meaning of life. In the cold season we deepen; it is natural to reflect and ponder the meaning of life as we dig around the closet for the extra blanket, or put on that extra layer of heavy clothes, or brew some extra-strong coffee. It is natural, also, to have a desire to share our wisdom as well when we gather on the street or the local cafe, or wherever. We huddle for warmth, even if only symbolically.

--Dreamlight