I want to point out that I had Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love” on my August 11th summer reading list before she was on the Oprah show. Unfortunately I haven’t had time to read it yet. Will post a review when I have.

It was all in all a good summer. We spent some time in Nova Scotia, checked on our house there and discussed upcoming renovations and construction plans with our contractor.

I am glad that Autumn is here as it is truly one of my favorite times of the year. Note that I use the word Autumn instead of Fall, it is so much more poetic. While most write glowing words about Spring and Summer; October is all about the changing colors, that wonderful ‘warm’ smell when the leaves have been on the ground for awhile, crisp apples, sunshine mixed with a faint chill – I love it all. Best of all favorite sweaters and throws can come to the forefront of my closets.

As the end of another year looms it is time also for professional analysis and change. Goals that we set in motion with the new year, really need to be brutally assessed. Are we on track, are they working and or do we need to change direction to some degree?

What is a bit disquieting is that all our planned intentions at home or work have an added intensity in these midlife years. Failure seems to be a luxury that we don’t have time for & everything has big picture consequences. This all brings the added challenge not to slip into an overly reflective or analytic way of thinking. Which is what I am in danger of doing here. So I had better get back to work.