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Autumnal Equinox 2022

Autumnal equinox 2022 - Thursday, September 22 in Northern Hemisphere 9:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time Empyrean découpage citadel betokens (bespeaks) autumnal arrival nine oh three post meridian chariot of fire emblazons telltale signature, one humble human doth bid summer and his squandered life adieu. Already crisp cool mornings sun kissed mine cheek refreshing air wafts thru longish hair trademark characteristic property aging pencil neck geek attends brief bathroom charge coffee exotic brew jolted kidneys leak urine not kidding water closet doth reek. Especially third season upon us mortals Montgomery county, Pennsylvania said geographic real estate sloughs (i.e. sheds) summer dog days necessitating shuddered windows disallowing natural aeration to circulate thru unit B44 cozy one bedroom apartment. I will stave off clicking on the heat, as long as possible, yet invariably come first frost yours truly will renege and surrender creature comfort, albeit climate controlled temptation similar when global warming quite evident predicated upon Farmers' Almanac prophetic prediction. Though ecology minded quick acclimation to unseasonable hot or cold temperatures finds me adjusting thermostat dial mainly to thwart palmar hyperhidrosis regarding turning on air conditioning during sweltering triple digit (Fahrenheit) thermometer readings, versus absent sweaty hands courtesy old man winter arctic blast. Ah... remembrance of wood burning stove papa lit, to dispense chill pervading childhood home 324 Level Road christened "Glen Elm" within national (local registry) when Leiper family initially occupied estate at that time (think early twentieth century) merely intended as summer getaway. This time of year finds me to reminisce and wax poetic nostalgia more pronounced, particularly as aspiring wordsmith orbitz the sun seemingly with greater rapidity twelve months cycling at light speed ruminating, punctuating, and narrating mortality accentuated when flora and fauna exhibit metaphorical raiment presaging Mother Nature's fall fashion show linkedin with approaching senescence prompting generic garden variety *****sapien to rue his transience upon oblate spheroid. Gentrification impossible mission thus thy lovely bones will subsequently become repurposed into ashes sprinkled hither and yon to and fro across elysium fields of happy hunting grounds.

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