I
am aware that the seasons in my original home town area of NW Pennsylvania are
in radical change right now, and I miss those changes, the sights and smells
and the feel of the air. As October
matures and the leaves change color and then drop completely by Halloween, the
ancient Seasonal Turn comes about when pastures no longer grow and one must
have already filled the barns with fodder for livestock which must last until
the greening of May.
The
seasonal turn in the north temperate zones – when pasture grass and green leaves
come around once more after May Day/Beltane, and then half a year later the
green world dies again at Halloween/Samhain – this is an ancient timetable more
basic and earthy than solstices and equinoxes.
Here
in Thailand we are also about to experience an important seasonal change, that
of the end of the Rainy Monsoon season and the beginning of the general Dry
Season which includes the shorter Cool Season.
By this coming mid-week (Halloween) the dew point is forecasted to be
much lower and far more comfortable than anything we have seen for many
months. I expect to see some stars in
the night sky again. (For so many
months, I have only seen a star a couple of times a month and the Moon only a
bit more often.)
I’m
looking forward to not packing an umbrella every time I go out, to walk even
short distances without being drenched in sweat, and to turn off the a/c at
home for long periods of time.
-Zenwind.
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