wind.

I used to gauge the fall by the time when the students came back or came here. 

I would traverse the traffic, the pointing fingers of the oblivious parents, and the swell of the air as around 50,000 kids flock to the happy valley for a 'higher' education. 

But, this year was different. 

I only noticed the shadows getting longer as the days grew shorter. A stark contrast to a rather bland summer,weather wise at least. 

Let's just admit that this was very mild as far as summers go, shall we?

Again: this year was different. 

I have been more focused on my family and our needs. I have been focused on our life and where we fit in to the whole scheme of things here in the center of the universe.

This world- this big vast world-is made for the young and the adventurous. 

The curious and the bold.

Personally, i am some of these, but most of all, i am a patient observer on the cusp of my middle age. 

Wether this gives me passage to dream, create, absolve or venture again, i hope it is with the same wide eyed magic if having more dreams than reason in this crazy world. 

We live to exist only to exist to live.