The change of the seasons is upon us. From the warm air and cooler nights to shorter days and longer nights, we know winter is coming.
As time goes by I have learned to welcome every season. The seasons are predictable in that they will come whether we like it or not. Within the predictability of the season to come there lies a profound vulnerability in the mystery of not knowing what unknowns the season will bring.
As fall approaches, we try to predict the unexpected on our island all the time.
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