New York City, October 1, 2015

★ Lights were on in apartment windows in the daytime. The floor lamp in the living room was still having an effect. It was certainly time to get out the hoodies; some children had gone all the way to puffy jackets. The jeans, air-dried and put away on some damp spring day, were a little musty, though there was no hope of rewashing and re-drying them anytime soon. The day darkened, not in any eerie or tropical way; little clouds moved under the rumpled cloud ceiling. Cold drops of rain began blowing. Night came on fast.