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In North Georgia the black gums started it. One branch at a time going red in green woods, three weeks before anything else dares. Goldenrod up along I-20. The light comes amber at seven now instead of eight.

Tha a' bhliadhna a' tionndadh — the year is turning. It does that without asking permission, and it did it the year the tariffs didn't exist and it will do it the year they're gone.

Tomorrow I'm walking down to the fence line before the heat sets in and eating muscadines off the vine until my fingers go purple and my jaw aches from the skins. That's the whole plan. I dare anybody in Washington to find the line item.

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The goldenrod along every ditch is standing up green and shut, holding its yellow, waiting for the nights to drop before it spends anything.

This is the deep hinge of the year — after the fireflies thin, before the first cool morning. Ninety-seven million people under heat advisories from the Plains through the Southeast.

An talamh fodhad — the earth beneath you. Holding the heat. Patient. Keeping its own record of what this summer was.

What's still shut where you are?

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Dance of the Sea Breeze

Who says an old dog can’t learn new tricks? I’m learning to appreciate our cool weather. Grateful, even.

For the first time, the prospect of autumn doesn’t make me feel like I’m missing out on something better. I don’t mind the cold anymore, bring it on!

The kids’ school starts in August and the seemlingly endless summer days of freedom will give way to routine, order, discipline, but also to hobbies, friends, and the end of “Mum, I’m bored!”

Though the seasons change, some things remain constant, like the sea breeze. Reassuringly, it’s always there. Sometimes faint, barely a whisper, and at other times strong and feisty.

I like watching the breeze bend tall grasses, inviting them to dance. Chasing butterflies, just out of reach. Offering seagulls a wild ride. The seagulls laugh.

Carefully arranged, vibrant patches of field come to life right amongst our urban apartment buildings.

I turn my gaze to these natural elements, selectively blocking out the concrete.

It’s still green here. And after rain, little birds sing.

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