October Weather

 We are having an ideal October. The weather is being exactly what it should be, to make a perfect October. And so a boon rather than a bane. 

The sunflowers are well past their peak and now provide food for the house finches that hang around here. I have probably withdrawn from life as much as one can, and still be nominally "healthy"-- I don't think anyone I interact with would guess that I'm essentially a hermit. I'm sure that I don't come across as anything other than a normal human being with a good sense of humor and a pleasant and considerate manner. But I'm committed to a path of isolation and social distance, holding the madding crowd at bay.