Chronological Correction

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The Seasons of our Lives...

We caught up with
old and dear friends
over the weekend
and of course
in all the catching up
I introduced them to my blog,
where you may have noticed
that in my profile
I tell you that I am
in the early autumn
of my life...


At dinner discussing our ages
and the seasons of our lives
it was suggested
that a certain
chronological correction
was in order

Instead of thinking of life
as divided into four broad categories
reflecting the four seasons:

where spring lies from 0-25
summer from 25-50
autumn from 50-75
and winter from 75-100


we decided that
it would be better
to consider childhood
as a period of germination
and begin the season
of spring at 20 through to 40
summer from 40 through to 60
autumn from 60 through to 80
and winter from 80 onwards...

this new hierarchy
of seasonal change
then put the engineer
of this system
in early autumn,
with a new lease on life

his wife,
the namer of this post,
finds herself
in mid summer
with many adventures
yet to come

My beloved has just
slipped over the cusp
of summer into autumn
and is beginning to show
a few signs
of colours changing

and I am still enjoying
an Indian summer
and feeling languidly
invigorated




Oh Happy days











Where are you placed
in this new
seasonal chronology



and more importantly
what are you enjoying
about this particular season
of your life?




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