Yesterday it was clear and crisp, the perfect day for an autumn leaf walk and a bit of history at The Old North Bridge in Concord. This old wooden bridge is the place where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired.
There were old trees there that were surely standing during the colonial period. Perhaps colonial children climbed them, too.
Near the bridge a couple stood together hand-in-hand while a minister read them their vows. They were getting married! Their wedding clothes were woolen coats, scarves, and boots. They had no witnesses or guests other than the ducks and geese, the chipmunks, the trees and sky. And, those of us who were also out enjoying the day. The couple looked very happy. My children and I thought it was a very beautiful wedding.
At home we ironed the leaves we collected between sheets of waxed paper and cut them out to hang on the windows.
Some days are so golden-bright, that I feel powerfully and completely connected to God, man, and nature; all that is, and all that ever was.
