Yes October is passing as fast as the hurricane winds of summer. When one sits alone in an old quiet house at night, unusual noises would be a welcome change, but the element of lonliness, or as Simon & Garfunkle would call "the sounds of silence", has a more melancholy affect...

The fall season has been good so far--warm days and relatively mild nights. I have not needed heat, but the colder weather is on its way. I dread it for I like the mild days of spring with the promise of sweet summer on the way.