Inevitable Autumn by Pamela Bennett

  Autumn arrived quietly today, wrapped in brilliant sunshine and summer heat. I walked down a path edged by swaying golden-rod and purple English asters, looking for signs of the season. Fall is a season that sneaks in softly after a green summer. You look up at the dark green canopy one day and the locust leaves have yellowed. A few days later, small bursts of bright orange explode like fireworks in the sugar maple trees. The oak trees burnish