As the fall came upon us, so the leaves fell from the branches gloriously for the first time there was much

color to be seen against the Walls.

Everything that is worthwhile falls away and goes back to the

earth, leaving only a bear skeleton, the basic framework

which, like a skull, reminds us of the life that was.

Contained within this however, the potential for new life

greater than that which came before, waits dormant

until the spring when the warm air and bird song

envelops everything, and the children of God

sing and dance beneath the sun.

Roy Snell October 1991