2022 Life Logs, Day 292: Nice and Easy Fall Day
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Weather: Partly Sunny, Windy, Cooler; High 56, Low 44 degrees
Location: At Home in the Cottage, Falmouth, MA
Today was delightful—a strong breeze that made it feel cooler than it was, but not cold; a few puffy white clouds, but enough sunshine to make you forget about the slight chill. The morning was beautiful, just begging you to get out and walk.
And so, Shadow and I went for a long walk. However, when I came inside to have lunch, the clouds took over and the sunshine went away for an hour or so. But by the time I went outside to play ball with Shadow, the sunshine was back, and we frolicked in the yard side which has a beautiful covering of red and yellow leaves.
It was a picture-perfect New England fall day. But I now know that I am not a true New Englander. The other day I read something that brought me to that conclusion. Basically, if you have turned your heat on at this point in the fall, you cannot call yourself a true New Englander. Oops! I turned the heat on the first time the day after the first official day of fall on September 24. The temperature dipped into the 40’s overnight and I had Covid. The cool morning just didn’t feel good, so I turned on the heat. Then on subsequent days when it has been cool and rainy with no sunshine, I have succumbed and turned it on for a few hours. I resisted this morning even though it was cool inside because I knew the sunshine would warm things up quickly. Are you a true New Englander or have you cheated a few times in the past month?
This afternoon a attended a meeting of my Newcomers Public Policy group. The topic was: Unequal Opportunity – Race in Education. We had a speaker, Dr. Seyana Mawusi. She is life-time educator “with an extensive background in leadership development, curriculum design, mindfulness, trauma, neuroscience education, racial equity, restorative and social justice. Dr. Mawusi founded and is currently CEO of Intuitive Integrative Consultants. She coaches, consults, and intuitively guides leaders locally and internationally to reinvent, rethink and reframe their next steps to enhance their lives personally and professionally. Her clients include school districts, human resource departments, and city agencies.” Our group is small, so after her introduction, we had an intimate ‘conversation’ with Dr. Mawusi. My take-away from the conversation was to get involved in local politics, attend school board meetings and town meetings, and always ask, “Why?”
