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I have always felt sad this time of year. Fall is advanced enough here so that the trees that first changed have lost all of their leaves and are bare. As a child, I always associated leafless trees with death. I guess that’s because the only trees without leaves in the summer were the dead ones. I know it doesn’t make logical sense because I know the bare trees I see now will be bright green starting in the spring. Perhaps, it’s because a pleasant time of year is coming to an end much as life must some time come to an end. I have long puzzled over my reaction and finally concluded I’ll never know why fall provokes sadness in me.