Saturday, November 11, 2023

Taking a moment to remember

Reflection in red
London, ON
October 2023
This photo originally shared on Instagram


As the light fades on a grey day alongside a busy road in an unassuming corner of a darkening planet, a single stand of bushes ignites into colours and shades that seem to defy description.

This is all strictly temporary, of course, as within days the leaves will shrivel to brown, and then nothing. Not long after, the snows will paint the bare branches another shade entirely.

It’s an easy thing to ignore, what with schedules and deadlines and life and stuff. Who, after all, has the time to stare at brightly coloured leaves in the throes of autumn?

With each passing day, I realize ever more clearly that we must all make the time. Because each of us has a duty to remember those whose sacrifice made it possible for us to take in the fields of red.

Or whatever other scenes our unchecked freedoms allow us to enjoy on any particular day.

We remember because they ensured we can.

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Starting to see red, September 2021
Never forget, November 2009
We remember, November 2007

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