Autumn? In Alabama?

Lifelongnewyorker is confused.  It’s  September 20, school has resumed, people are wearing fall colors. But it’s 97 degrees at noon.  What season is it, anyway? According to the weather–and to the calendar–it’s still summer.  But Labor Day is past, and with it went the sense of summer.  For one thing, it’s getting darker earlier, and [...]

The Dynamo Descends

I am packed and ready to roll tomorrow once we jam all this stuff into the car. That I’d be ready today wasn’t a sure thing yesterday afternoon.  My plan for the last two days was to go through all my clothes on one day and pack ‘em up on the next. By 2 pm [...]