ladybugs

Yet another sign than autumn is here: I wake up to a (very small) infestation of ladybugs in our bedroom. Only two so far that I’ve found, but they seem to be hanging around me (or my lamp) more than I find desirable. Now I’m sure that if I peek in the basement window-well, the Continue reading ladybugs

leaf

The leaves outside are golden and green and orange and bronze, and now I realize that there are a couple of generations that are coming after me that do not at all associate the scent of burning leaves with autumn. I’m definitely for cleaner air, but I still believe that something good has been lost Continue reading leaf

time passeth

It’s fall, and I’m not ready for it. Party tonight with friends who have a balcony facing the Ohio river in the most desirable possible view, which tonight included fireworks and a river littered with steamboats strung with lights. One bridge at least was clogged with drivers whose only reason to stop was for to Continue reading time passeth