Now that that pesky air shift is out of the way, I can get back to writing about something worthwhile. Like the fact that today is the first day of autumn, praised be! Bring on the soups, the baked goods, the sweaters, the colored leaves, the moody skies, the used book shopping on weekend afternoons, the carved pumpkins, the black-and-white horror movies, the Brahms, and a welcome cup of tea. See you next year, summer, but hopefully not too soon!

Dream along to Respighi’s “Poema autunnale”:

PHOTO: The leaves make it more challenging to see the chipmunks