1) On the day before Election Day, just returned from my weekly errands at the neighborhood town center with these in my canvas shopping bags:
Toilet paper
Coffee filters
Wipes
Hydrogen peroxide
Antacid tablets (it never hurts to have extra supplies on hand)
Burrito for today’s lunch
Five avocados for five dollars - what a bargain! (Especially when one considers that everything else at this fahncy general store is brushed with gold dust and dew from angels’ wings…)
Jack cheese
Water crackers
Economy-sized bourbon
Red vermouth
2) The weather is beautiful: sunny, brisk, and a bit chilly. I was glad to be out.
3) The pre-Hallowe’en snowfall broke off a couple limbs of the star magnolia in front of the house. I was able to cart them off, but I can only wonder how many downed tree limbs we’ll have here at Maison Robaire this winter.