Dear George,
There’s a cartoon in today’s
paper in which a wife asks her balding husband, “What’s the matter, Morris?,”
and he replies, “I feel like I’m in the autumn of my life.” Though she reassures him, that’s just
how I was feeling today too. I
figure if I were to live to 90 (an optimistic projection since neither my
parents nor my grandparents lived that long), as of today I’ve completed about
85% of my life. If that were all
condensed into a single year, 85% of a year would fall on November 7. That’s today! No wonder I’m feeling like Morris.
In fact, our autumn life has
been quite pleasurable of late.
The air’s cooler, which is especially good for the sheepdogs, and I
think the air quality has improved.
I’m always in a better mood when the football season starts,
particularly this year because of the Bengals’ rejuvenation to date, and now
the college and pro basketball seasons are beginning as well. I’ll go to games at the junior college
down the street and am looking forward to it. A lot of the year’s best movies come out in November and
December to beat the deadline for Oscar nominations, and we’ve been enjoying
some of the new fall TV lineup.
Halloween’s one of my favorite holidays of the year, and Thanksgiving is
often a time when we get together with J and K and our grandkids. Nearly all of our cultural
subscriptions have started up their new seasons – chamber music, the symphony, the
university music/theater series.
We’ll go to see Dracula this weekend at Covedale. I’ve joined Katja in taking classes in
the university’s “Learning in Retirement” program this fall, and that’s been
interesting. All in all, we have a
busy and enjoyable schedule.
Our nearby city park, Burnet
Woods, keeps me aware of the changing seasons more than anyplace else. It’s because it takes up two-thirds of
the walk between our house and the university, and so I go through the woods
several times a week. Every season
is beautiful there. The winter
because of the ice and snow, spring with the buds and wildflowers, a lush green
summer, and now the colorful autumn leaves. I stopped to take some photos on my way to the office
today. Autumn’s looking great in
Burnet Woods, and life is good.
Love,
Dave
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