It is the Autumn Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and I
miss the beauty of the season there. The
sights and smells of Fall.
The Full Moon near this time of year is celebrated here as
the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese harvest moon festival celebrated
in China and wherever there is a Chinese diaspora. This year it was on this past 13
September.
Not that I could see the Moon. In September we usually get the most rain, as
the Rainy Monsoon clouds the skies and dumps a lot on us. We had very little rain for most of the
season thus far, much less than predicted, but this month has given us some
pretty dramatic downpours. I have a good
selection of umbrellas and just got another nice large one. I have a rain cover for my day pack because
in a hard, wind-driven rain the umbrella won’t protect it. I love the refreshing coolness, smells, and
drumbeat of a downpour.
Blessed coolness. Zen
delight.
.
-Zenwind.
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