I take a quiet day to draw away from the things that I should do, the things that I usually do, to sit still and immerse myself in the silence of an empty house. The weather is glorious - a quintessential autumn day. The skies are so blue I could be tricked into thinking that it's summer until I open the window and allow the crisp brisk wind to blow in and around me. I watch as the trees duck and sway, their leaves clashing together with a sound like cascading water. And, I breathe deeply, wanting absorb this moment to the fullest.