Sunday, October 5, 2014

October Grey

 

October when it comes to Michigan is an affair of contrasts. One day might be clear and the temperature could be in the 70s; maybe just shirt sleeves would be more than enough cover against the weather. But the the fronts roll in one after another each dragging with it A drop in the temperature and mist or in hail and alternately snow.

October is a period of transition. Daylight is decreasing at a very precipitous rate.

Living through October is a time when you come to understand dread. With October's passing me realize that winter is not a fable, that it is not simply going to skip you by this year and it is a hard reality with which you must live. October you watch the clouds that mark a front closely.

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