The Freelance Retort: It's Fall!

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by Brian Moloney

It’s been fall now for almost two weeks and, well…what’re you gonna do?

It’s fall!

It’s fall!

It’s fall!

What’re you gonna do?

What?

I know…get used to it…go with the flow…go with the fall.

It’s fall!

Not that I have anything against fall.

It’s just that it’s not spring, season of hope…let alone summer, season of slack.

It’s fall!

Yeah….

Actually, it’s a pretty nice season…in my top three, as seasons go.

Summer, spring, fall….

I won’t tell you what number 4 is.

In fact, if fall didn’t have such a silly name attached to it, it could possibly move up into the second slot.

I suppose it could have been worse…it could have been called “slip” or “trip”…if we’re going with the clumsy connotations.

Maybe even “plop” or “flop”.

But it’s not…

It’s fall!

And for the most obvious of reasons...it’s the time of year when the leaves fall.

As opposed to spring…when they don’t.

The leaves spring in spring…along with everything else…including my Aunt Sarah, who usually throws out her hip while—well, never mind.

Of course if you don’t care for the name fall…you can always go with the more aristocratic, hoity toity, autumn.

In fact the British use autumn, almost exclusively over fall…even if they’re not particularly hoity toity at all…but just sound that way...you know, because they’re Brits and everything they say sounds hoity toity...even hoity toity….

So you can go down that road, if you prefer…but take your time because that road is probably covered with leaves, by now, and might be a tad slippery…just like my logic.

But whatever you choose to call it…it’s here now, and it’s gonna be here right up until a few days before Christmas.

So there’s that to consider about fall, as well.

Fall…or autumn…is home to just about all of…

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