Halloween week started
today I guess you would not believe it was the last week of October
because the weather's been so beautiful. I noticed that particularly
this morning but I went out to test the temperature to see if I
needed to wear a jacket or a hat or whatever when I had to run to the
market later on in the morning. The morning was warm and inviting.
Later when I did go out to read, in the parking lot by my van, the
wind was blowing. An autumn wind I really noticed for the first time
because I heard the rustle of the leaves. I had noticed the least
falling from the branches but they have been perhaps slow at first
but now there are enough leaves to make that whooshing sound whenever
the wind riles up and moves the whole group. I know now to what is
going to change surely significantly so. I used to think that the
leaves piled up in nooks and crannies in the neighborhood would last
forever or a long time into the winter but I have been wrong. It
seems like the minute I notice these piles of summer remembrances
that the changing colts snap hits and is always accompanied by rain
and our snow or both. The rain comes in saturates these fine piles of
leaves which turns soggy and almost overnight seems to rot turn into
a sludge, mudge of plant nutrient – – a dinner that only a plant
could love.
I haven't heard a
full-scale weather report today except for what little snippets you
hear on the teasers between television shows about “big change in
the weather is coming… Tune in at 10”. I did check out one of
those Internet weather forecasting sites, you know the kind, the kind
that has either the sunshine are clouds in front of the sunshine
images over the coming days. Looks like the temperatures got drop 20°
from the day (today was about 75°!) So were lI was workingooking in
the 50s. It's not a huge drop but there's also a chance of rain by
Thursday. The rain doesn't look significant at this point but who
knows? I always have to remember that these forecasters are doing
just their best guess scenarios and that with active weather
happening all the time especially with the amount of hurricanes which
seem to be operating off our coasts something might break off and
head in… And I think it well. Probably not a lot of moisture but
enough to make a lot of ghosties and goblins – – and parents –
– uncomfortable for the upcoming all hallows Eve.
I almost forgot to
mention, I was working in my bedroom this morning, hanging up the
wash, and I got a phone call – – for one reason or another I can
never answer the phone while the phone is ringing. I have to call
back always. I didn't pay much attention at first because I thought
it was another sales call but then I noticed the phone number (which
I did not recognize) was from Idaho. I never get sales calls from
Idaho so I called the phone call back it was for my older brother,
Ross. I was a little concerned, Ross never calls me but he did today.
He was interested in my finding of my birth family. Ross like me is
adopted. It's complicated, but I really haven't told him about
finding my family because I was afraid it would hurt his feelings and
feel like I was abandoning him. He and I have been abandoned enough
that it need to add another level to his feelings of being left
behind. I felt bad and a bit embarrassed for not having confided in
him. We had a good conversation talked about some old stuff and new
stuff. He's healthy, he's cancer free and that means a lot. I love
the guy he's my brother he ain't heavy… I just had to say that.
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