A Picture Really Is Worth A Thousand Words

To all of you still checking in regularly, I appreciate it.  Unfortunately, though, I've lost my mojo.  For nearly three years, I kept this up at a pretty regular pace.  I didn't ever seem to have a shortage of something to say.  But, since July, I just haven't had any motivation.  I've been too tired, too burnt out, just too "done."

Interestingly, right around the time that my thoughts dried up and I stopped posting regularly, the tree in front of the shed of knowledge also started to die.  In late July, the leaves started to wither and turn brown.  By mid-August, they started to fall.  It's now completely bare.  Yes, I know that fall is here.  But, as you can tell from this picture, all the other trees still have green leaves.

Coincidence?  I don't think so.