The rebinding of the roof of their dwelling thus complete, the members of the community gathered in a circle to bring to mind the effort they had all just made together that day. They stood for a few moments, reflecting on the warmth and majesty that the roots of the great oak trees brought to their home and on the skills and sensitivity they had each shown in their labour. Exchanging nods and hand clasps to express their mutual gratitude, the circle broke, and each member returned to his or her own affairs, in the hour that separated them from their evening meal.
Brbr decided to go alone for a short walk in the woods nearby, the atmosphere of the late, moist autumn still shaping her thoughts and animating her soul mood. Mixed-up, musty odours arose from the red, over-ripe berries on the branches out of reach from the birds; from the decaying leaves lying in jumbled hues on the forest floor; and from the mushrooms poking through the soil or sprouting from rotting stumps, here and there. Brbr felt a reminder once again of how life at this time each year was safely returned to the earth, soon to be snug beneath the velvet-white down of winter’s snows to come.
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