Late Autumn

For the past several mornings the early morning sun has been gleaming off bright layers of heavy frost. Any water left in the garden bucket is frozen solid. There are a few lonesome but brightly colored leaves still hanging tenaciously from the baring branches, but most lay as a colorful carpet across the lawn. Autumn is winding down with winter just around the corner.

On Saturday we went shopping for groceries and then out to eat a late lunch and watch the Missouri Football Tigers take on the Tennessee Volunteers. It has been a trying year to watch Mizzou compete in it’s first year in the SEC. But a Tiger win in multiple overtimes was delicious.

With the Presidential election just over the day had an almost peaceful air about it. Even though Kansas City was not in a swing state we have still gotten our share of obnoxious political ads. Now it is over, at least for a little while, until the next crop of Presidential want-to-be’s begin posturing for position.

But wouldn’t you know it, every place we went they already have Christmas music playing. And I don’t mean pretty holiday carols, but those tinny little obnoxious songs I  have been hearing for decades, you know, "Santa Baby" and "Rockin’ Round the Christmas Tree". With almost two full months until Christmas I’m not sure I can take it. However, it is the poor store clerks I really worry about. I do hope they have good mental health coverage in their health plans and I do hope they are searched for firearms each day before they begin work.