The Transition

of Beauty

Dear Reader,

Autumn is here and with it is the temporary sleep

or death of much of the beauty

around us. As an example, you can

see the immense effort the leaves

on the trees make to die. They fall

in single blazes of glory, a magnificent

swan song of departure.

With this metamorphosis in our

lives each year, we might pause

and reflect upon what we might retire

or transition to better things. Clear it out and make

way for the renewal in spring. Because, yes, spring will

eventually come bearing gifts of hope and fresh beauty

for anyone with a mind’s eye to see it.

Patrick Wood

Publisher