I am in here.
Spring is officially here. I know this because last night, it was warm enough to sleep with the window open. This feels like a huge event in my life because starting in February, I easily fall into the notion that winter will last forever. I know that this is not the truth. I have even, … Continue reading Spring arrives in the night-time
Yesterday afternoon, the weather was not only sunny but warm, around 70℉. I could, for the first time this year, open the windows of the house, and the sun-roof of my car. This provided a break in my usual pattern of thinking — usual for February — that says that it will always be cold, … Continue reading The year, thawing
The night outside is ringing like a bell, thanks to the grasshoppers and crickets. The night air is warmer than I am used to it, or have been used to it in past summers. The sun is down an hour earlier than it had been down at the height of summer, when I was still … Continue reading The night outside
The local trees, a few of them at any rate, like the buckeyes, which get leaves first and drop them first, are starting to change color a little bit. They are turning a paler green, in preparation for the yellows to come next month. There is definitely not the uniform lushness of deep green that … Continue reading The August change
white pebble 