Winter (meteorologically speaking) suddenly comes upon us, with fog and snow. Time to catch up on my history read. (More to report on that later.)

Winter (meteorologically speaking) suddenly comes upon us, with fog and snow. Time to catch up on my history read. (More to report on that later.)

Seemingly no sooner than the kids arrived, they’ve gone. So it’s back to reading, computing, aimless wandering …
Nik left for Seattle yesterday, Ivi goes today. On the way to the airport we stop for a walk through Pioneer Park and the aviary.
The flute-playing biker makes his daily appearance and takes his customary spot at First & Main:
[rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Eight]
The next afternoon after Nik’s arrival …
[rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Seven]
Turns out that Nik had to take a later departing flight from Seattle, so he picked up a book at an airport bookstore to help him get through a few hours. He just happened to get Jia Tolentino’s “Trick Mirror”, after browsing the store’s staff picks. And it just happens that Tolentino is a New Yorker staff writer I happen to follow; I was going to try to get a Kindle version as soon as it became available. So, Nik finished it off, and I will start reading it as soon as I complete my current reading assignment, the nearly-1000-page “These Truths: A History of the United States.”
Arriving from Seattle in the darkness and rain …
[rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Six]
Fall on Maple Street …