Tag Archives: the weather

summer, your days are numbered

It has become one of those pleasant, little, semi-annual surprises since taking up residence in the Pacific Northwest. It is that one day when one realizes that a change of season is coming. It is sudden; it is as abrupt … Continue reading

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in the air this afternoon…

Last Wednesday, I walked out of my haus in the morningnoon. The first thing that struck me as I stepped out onto the porch, other than the maddeningly bright and disturbingly cloudless state of the sky, was the smell. It … Continue reading

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Greets, Autumn!

I caught my first whiff of autumn this afternoon. I was walking down Roosevelt near Scarecrow when it happened. I can’t describe the smell, of course, but I know that it smells of autumn. If Antonin Scalia can use such … Continue reading

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