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What a beautiful essay, Gavin! You weave so many threads together on nature, geopolitics, homeopathy, color. I showed my kimchi-making daughter your garden kimchi and she said, ooooh! I also loved the spiderweb beginning in the leaf, the frozen rose, and the tree of life.

My oldest daughter is getting married in Nov and we're hoping the persimmon tree will blaze its best colors for decorations. One friend's gathering giant pine cones to line the burlap path on the covered bridge to the wedding arch. Another has dried strings of orange slices. And I already told you about the cider-making fiance. I'm going to send this to her with your phrase:

"Another lens through which I view this time of year is to see Autumn as a celebration of the marriage of the seasons. Mother Earth throws brightly colored confetti in the air to honor the sacred promise that autumn made to spring. Autumn gives all he has in an act of selflessness and love and spring trusts that the leaves will nourish the soils, protect the seeds and ensure that new life can spring forth once more when the time is right."

And thanks for reminding me how much I love James Corbett and Navdanya. And pounding holy basil with medicinal garlic and the treasure of pine nuts. And drying herbs and rubbing them through a mesh screen--olfactory heaven.

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