Autumn or Fall

September 22, 2019 is officially the first day of Autumn, or “Fall” as we Americans call it. Long ago, when the air cooled and the leaves turned gorgeous shades of gold, rust, and burgundy, people did more than don sweaters and switch their clothing to darker colors. Anciently, the Autumn Equinox or Harvest Home was called Mabon, pronounced ‘MAY-bon’, after a Welsh god called Mabon ap Modron which literally means ‘son of mother’. One Mabon…