October 20, 2026

I’m beginning to think that fall is my favorite season. Winter, too cold, summer, too hot, and spring, well, okay. But fall. Everything stops growing thank goodness.. My outside responsibilities cease. The ivy has stopped climbing the brick wall and destroying the grout. The grass no longer tries to spread onto and up through the sidewalk. The weeds have given up killing the flowers and the bushes have topped out

. Then the leaves begin. First a few little yellow things float down. The small clusters turn color and one by one, hit the ground. Then large sections of whole trees begin to turn, orange, red, brown, purple. Finally the complete forest is ablaze with color and people get in their cars to drive around, oohing and ahhing. Everyl year.

I love it. And lest we forget . . . football.