Vol 2, No. Alas, the sun has slipped across the Equator, and Fall has fallen. The hot Summer days, filled with swirling fireflies and mosquitoes will soon give way to Arctic blasts of snow and ice. Days grow shorter and nights grow longer.
Leaves start to yellow, then fall to the earth to rot.
The lakes will soon freeze. Birds are fleeing south. Heating oil companies are raising their prices. Out in the arid Southwest, Fall arrived with the temperatures dropping below 100 for the first time since March. Leaves on the ocotillo cactus turned brown.