So Many Chagim!

15 minutes to go before Shmini Atzeret, then Simchat Torah and Shabbat. So many days!

Thoughts:

After Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur

These remaining days
transition us
into the darkness of winter.

There is a fear there
of the darkness coming

and also exuberance
re-entering a time
of daily introspection

and somehow all
is external

through Autumn harvest
squash
rice
kale
thick hot bean soup
steaming
on a crowded
blech.