October 18, 1971 - Weather

Weather. It is all that's good, Douglas.

We drove to the Arboretum Mon. after work at Doug's suggestion, tho it was raining. He said it was a sunny day to him. It was instead cool and blowy - the rain came lightly in fits & starts. The layers of cloud shifted, moved in the wind hurriedly. The bronze & gold leaves lay in layers on the ground, wet and warmly colored carpeting the ground we walked over - tho fallen they were still fresh & bright - rose-red, orange-gold, exhuding warmth into our eyes despite the coolness of the damp rain about our heads. Color surrounded us, rain & wind made us live & breathe & enter into the world as it was meant to be. We both swelled and opened & absorbed & agreed we would not forget such great gladness.