reverendjaneausten

After a long hiatus, I am emerging to post my Thursday Morning Moments to the Parish--and perhaps other things as they occur. __________________________________________________________________________ Much of my lighter reading material is full of positive and healthy admonitions.  Sometimes, they are actually comforting, like the article I read yesterday in the News and Observer that advised readers that fall comes with a list of things that make us healthier.  (http://www.newsobserver.com/living/health-fitness/article43727730.html)  One of those is better sleep!  The cooler temperatures and earlier darkness work together to help us rest more deeply and for a longer time.  Another factor in fall is the energy it gives us--the sense of an exciting new beginning.  Every fall, I am still transported to my years of school and college and graduate school.  I think that is why I always used academic calendars that started in September; they corresponded with my delight in fresh, unmarked d