Strange, wonderful time of year:  The flowering pear trees are losing their leaves which drop all over the ground... and the trees are beginning to flower at the same time.  We've had rain today, which brings up the color in the leaves and the grass and the world.  Christmas is the third day from now.  The universe is colorful and wide and deep and if I could have my way with the world I would make sure no person of any religion or color or any ethnicity would feel rejected by the universe.  Rejection is not a good thing.  Colorful leaves dropping on the wet grass is a very good thing.  All's right with the world when I see and hear no rejection and only colorful leaves are on wet grass under trees that are beginning to bloom.