Autumn nights

Autumn nights are very special, especially at the beginning of Autumn, when the leaves smell divine and the air still has something warm in it.

Now is the beginning of no-longer-Autumn.  It smells like winter... bracing.
So I'm turning on all the lights, every single one, when I'm home.  Burning candles and playing records like Freewheelin' and Blue, feeling somewhere between blue and cozy. 

(Incidentally, Joni Mitchell was the most lovely of all earth-children.)

I believe I see Mama Cass...