A few years ago, I saw a commercial that just tickled me, and given its viral popularity, it also tickled others living in Canuckland (aka Canada). It showed a woman happily walking down the street enjoying the beautiful day, when suddenly she stopped and looked down, her eyes widened in horror, and she let out a blood-curdling scream. What had she seen?
A dead leaf on the sidewalk.
Those who live in the northern hemisphere, beyond the ice wall, can immediately recognize this moment. Many of us, I reckon, feel a tinge of sadness because the leaf on the ground heralds the coming of Fall, and the dreaded Winter season.
As I was walking around the other day, a leaf fell from a tree right in front of me and I chuckled to myself, remembering that commercial. So let this be my screech of desperation.
Winter is coming.
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