New layout- more simple... Autumn theme, of COURSE. ;p My season has come...

I woke up this morning with my usual muzzy lack of gusto. Jenn- already ready for work- turned off the alarm and said: "It's the end of the world out there." Being that early, I take these things literally, and tried to stagger from the dream state I still found myself inhabiting. I peered out the window.

The wind bent the trees- scuttling bruised clouds across a steel grey sky. It whistled and moaned- generally reveling in the fact that it had control seemingly over all of the elements... Perhaps it was an unseen force that bent the trees- that toppled lawn chairs and stirred the clouds like a cauldron- other than that mighty wind?

Today is Michaelmas. Most people do not know about this, the Feast of the Angels... but I wish they did. It's one of my favorite holidays within the year.

Also known as the Feast of Saint Michael or Knight Michael, the legend goes something like this:

"Knight Michael rode his white winged steed across the heavens each day- keeping watch over the earth below. There could be no darkness while he swept overhead. The people were safe and protected- and they were happy.

One day, a great green dragon came from the sea- slithering from his broken, watery prison to land. Knight Michael brought his steed down to the world and challenged the beast. There would be no danger for the people while he was knight!

They fought a fearsome battle- neither giving any ground. Knight Michael's sword- burnished with heavenly fire and gold- swished through the air, causing the bright blade to sweep in dizzying arcs. The trees bent beneath the wind of his sword- beneath the wind of the dragon's breath and flapping wings. Red ran through the leaves- with the gold and yellow of that sword. The green was gone.

Finally, the dragon fled- leaving the world to go back to the sea. Knight Michael once more rose into the heavens, content in his finished job.

Summer had fled. Autumn had come."