Heat and Cold – Seasons

I don’t think I’d be able  to pick a single season as my favorite; there is something within every season that makes it special. Summer has beach days, pool days, watermelon, and vacations. Fall has beautiful colors, changing leaves, bonfires, and sweatshirts. Winter has crisp air, snowmen, ice skating, and hot cocoa. Spring has rainstorms, rainbows, warm air, and picnics.

Every season has unique characteristics and common events that allow us to look forward to it. However, there’s something about the change of seasons that has a special place in my heart, making me feel something unmatched by any single season.

When summer changes to fall, we get to witness the leaves in the trees slowly, but surely, change color. They fall to the ground, reminding us of the approaching weather. We see animals preparing themselves for cold air, gathering food to store for later. We’re able to break out the heavier clothing, and we get to go school shopping in preparation of school in the coming months.

When fall changes to winter, pretty much all of the leaves have fallen off the trees. Christmas music plays for the first time on the radio, and holiday cheer begins to spread. My mom makes the first batch of holiday cookies, and the first snowflakes begin to fall from the sky.

When winter changes to spring, the most beautiful and notable season changes take place. One of the most indelible feelings for me is going outside and being able to feel the warmth of the sun again. This feeling never gets old, even though we experience it every year. There’s something about warmth that makes humans feel comforted, as though everything is falling into place. Animals feel this comfort too, coming out of hibernation and resuming their daily activities. The ground defrosts and flowers bloom; this season change to me is especially satisfying.

I love watching Cherry Blossoms bloom; It is definitely my favorite part of the season change from winter to spring.

 

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Space

In the chapter, Macauley discusses many elements of space. There are many similarities and differences between the experiences one gets from earth and space. Space isn’t just a black of nothingness but is filled with multiple starts, plants, meteors, dust, and comets. The leaving of earth helps humans to reflect and understand ourselves and our environment better.

When reading this chapter, I remembered a movie based off of a novel I watched a while ago. The plot had to do with all of the things Macauley has previously mentioned. Although this movie is fiction, I do think it is important for viewers to reflect that we should take care of the earth before we go and explore outer space and the unknowns it brings with it. We can not rely on outer space to be the solution of our carelessness.

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Space–our final interstice

Orion Nebulae

Orion Nebulae

The last interstice that Macauley offers us mediates on our relationship to space, “the final frontier.”  I posted a page that offers some of my thoughts in response.  Why do the stars and the vast outreaches of the universe beyond continue to seduce our gaze upward?  And is it forward looking or avoiding the earth home we have?

 

And another vision of a journey

 

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