Status Updates From Autumn Light

Contemplative and beautiful lifestyle of the author and including Hiriko h in s wife of 23 years. Pico’s commitment in life includes caring for Hiroko and her two children while sharing his time with his mother in Santa Barbara.

To be in a firm of solitude is his main goal. Autumn is the time of dying and life closing. This describes the Japanese experience for Hiroko with that effect on Pico and the family.

october is nearly upon us; a fitting season to return to this bittersweet, reflective meditation through pico iyer’s narration of life in a quiet suburb in nara in autumn - on grief and grieving, of living with the acknowledgement of mortality, of farewells and transitions. the season of fire and farewells.

october’s nearly upon us; it’s a fitting season to read this again. as wispy, dreamlike and meditative as i remembered it to be - this slice of life collection centered on grief and grieving, the knowledge of mortality, the fleeting wistful beauty of autumn, of farewells and transitions.