Today you can feel it. The first teasings of autumn. It’s close to 90 degrees out here, but that’s down a good dozen from the peak of summer. The sky is blue. Not the deep crisp blue of fall, but not the steel haze of the dog days, either. You can make out details across the river. Clouds are small and friendly — not the gloomy giants we were seeing overhead just last week. Overnight temperatures are flirting with the 60s.

The breeze is the real giveaway, though. It’s dry, refreshing. I can sit down in the shade and write and feel almost comfortable for the first time in months.

We’re not quite done with the 90s, afternoon squalls, or humidity that seems to suck the sweat right out of you and then leave it on your skin. The end is in sight, though. One day, not long now, I’ll step outside in the morning and feel that snap in the air. The sky will be a little bluer still. It’s all downhill from here.

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