signals

The ice cream truck usually parked on the corner of my office building has gone away. Those awesome street vendors are now selling pashmina scarves instead of sunglasses. This morning it was so dark that it didn't feel like I even went to sleep. As dark as when I to bed. Darkness when I wake and darkness when I come home. I don't even have to kick off the covers in the night. The smell of dying leaves in the air. These are all the signs. The signals. The chill is in the air. Even with temps in the 70s, still need a jacket and scarf. The humidity is gone. Soon the leaves will be changing and the snow will fall.