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Changing Seasons

Ah, all the signs of the changing of the seasons is upon us!

The aforementioned lovely leaves. Maples, with their flashy reds and golds, give me an honest to goodness thrill. A few years ago I talked about the changing colors with a post entitled "Trees on Fire," but that is just not a good thing to say these days.

Daylight Savings Time, which used to mean an extra hour to party on Saturday night, back in a previous incarnation. Now it means virtually nothing except that it gets really friggin' dark, really friggin' early. It's not like we get to SLEEP an extra hour or anything. I'm reminded of when Matthew was in daycare, when he was two, and how devastated the toddlers got when Daylight Savings kicked in. They waited, as it grew dark outside, and their parents failed to come. They'd huddle by the windows, despite the efforts of the childcare givers to engage them in circle time or happy songs. They were sure, I'm sure, that they'd been abandoned. That's when I realized that children thumb their noses at Daylight Savings.

And last but not least, today marked the arrival of the Sam Adams Seasonal Collection at Costco, which includes my favorite beer, Cranberry Lambic. All the beautiful colors of the season...